She won two gold medals in track and field at the Summer Olympics , before turning to professional golf and winning 10 LPGA major championships. She is widely regarded as one of the greatest athletes of all time. Mildred Ella Didrikson was born on June 26, , [3] the sixth of seven children, in the coastal city of Port Arthur , Texas. Her mother, Hannah, and her father, Ole Didriksen, were immigrants from Norway. Although her three eldest siblings were born in Norway, Babe and her three other siblings were born in Port Arthur.
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