If the adidas brand slogan “Impossible is Nothing” had been around in the 60s, Wilma Rudolph would have been the perfect ambassador. Born as the 20th of 22 children, Wilma faced polio as a child and the diagnosis that she might never be able to walk again. But with her mother’s help and her own determination, Wilma beat the odds and in 1960, the 20-year-old not only participated in the Olympic Games in Rome, but took home three gold medals; the first American women to achieve this. adidas equipped Wilma with track spikes made from the thinnest, lightest kangaroo leather, and featuring a nylon spike plate and a midfoot shank to keep her on her toes.