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Rudy Garcia-Tolson was born on 14 September, 1988 in Riverside, California, U.S., is an American Paralympic athlete. Discover Rudy Garcia-Tolson's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 35 years old?
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14 September, 1988 |
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14 September |
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Riverside, California, U.S. |
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United States
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Rudy Garcia-Tolson Height, Weight & Measurements
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He is currently single. He is not dating anyone. We don't have much information about He's past relationship and any previous engaged. According to our Database, He has no children.
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Rudy Garcia-Tolson Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Rudy Garcia-Tolson worth at the age of 35 years old? Rudy Garcia-Tolson’s income source is mostly from being a successful Athlete. He is from United States. We have estimated Rudy Garcia-Tolson's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
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Timeline
Rudy Garcia-Tolson (born September 14, 1988) is a Paralympic swimmer, runner and triathlete from the USA.
He was born with popliteal pterygium syndrome, resulting in a club foot, webbed fingers on both hands, a cleft lip and palate and the inability to straighten his legs.
As a 5 year old wheelchair user, after 15 operations, he decided he would rather be a double amputee and walk with prosthetics.
He had both legs removed above the knee.
Garcia-Tolson started swimming at age 6.
Within a year, the seven-year old was competing against children without disabilities and breaking records.
Garcia-Tolson has been a spokesperson for the Challenged Athletes Foundation since 1999.
He is a student at Southwestern College, likes hip hop music and skateboarding, and has one brother and three sisters.
In 2003, Garcia-Tolson was named one of Teen People Magazine's "20 Teens Who Will Change the World".
When he was eight years old, he stated that he would swim in the 2004 Paralympic Games.
He was true to his word and won the gold medal in the 200 meter individual medley and broke the world record for his SM7 class.
In 2006, he completed the Ford Ironman World Championship 70.3 in Clearwater, Florida.
He was the subject of The Final Sprint's December 2006 "Success Story"; a monthly column that aims to highlight remarkable and factual accounts of runners who have overcome major obstacles and/or changed their lives via running.
He has won several awards, including the Arete Courage in Sports Award and the Casey Martin Award from Nike.
In the 2008 Beijing Paralympics, when he was 20, he again won the gold medal in the 200 meter individual medley event, breaking his own SM7 world record twice in the process.
He also won the bronze medal in 100m breaststroke SB7.
He attempted the 2009 Ironman World Championship in Kona but missed the bike cut by 8 minutes.
Six weeks later, at Ironman Arizona, he became the first double above-knee amputee to complete a full Ironman Triathlon.
Following his success at Ironman Arizona, he was nominated for an ESPY Award in 2010.
At the 2011 Parapan American Games, he won a silver medal in the T42 100 metre event.
At the 2012 Paralympics in London, he broke the SM7 world record in the 200 meter individual medley heat.
In the final, both he and Yevheniy Bohodayko swam faster still.
Bohodayko touched the wall first; Garcia-Tolson won silver.
He is targeting the 2021 Paralympics in Tokyo.
On April 14, 2022, he was named to the roster to represent the United States at the 2022 World Para Swimming Championships.
Garcia-Tolson started running at age 7.
By the age of 13, he held T42 American Records in all distances from 400 metres to the half marathon.
At the 2012 Summer Paralympics, he competed on the track as well as in the pool.
He ran personal best times in his T42 100 metre and 200 metre events, but did not qualify for finals.
Garcia-Tolson competed in first his triathlon at age 8, as the swimmer in a winning relay team.
He raced with celebrities including Robin Williams as part of Team Braveheart.
At age 10, he completed the first of many individual triathlons.
Paratriathlon has been included in the program for the 2016 Paralympics.
Although he has previously described triathlon as "cross training for swimming", Garcia-Tolson has indicated some interest in competing.
Garcia-Tolson's other activities include karate, skateboarding, as well as kayaking and mountain biking.
