Glenn Cunningham was born on August 4,1909 in The state of Kansas. When he was 8 years old he was in school and a accident at school caused him to injure his legs very badly and his brother kenny died at 13years old. His legs were so bad that the doctors wanted to cut off his legs. His parents did not allow it. The doctors had said he was never going to walk again. With therapy he was taking it helped him learn to walk again and run a bit. He competed in the 1932 Olympics and the 1936 Olympics. Cunningham won the Sullivan medal in 1933 and he got a silver medal in the summer Olympics. In 1936 he set the world record at the 800m run. He is a very inspirational athlete.