Sam Ruddock

Region

Rugby
Date of Birth

19/02/1990
Classification

F35 at Rio

Bio

Sam Ruddock competed as a sprinter at London 2012 but decided to switch to shot put after the Games, finishing fifth in the shot put F35 at the 2014 European Championships.

Another fifth place followed at the IPC World Athletics Championships in Doha a year later before Ruddock claimed his first major international medal at the 2016 European Championships in Grosseto, where he won silver.

Ruddock competed for ParalympicsGB at the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games where he finished sixth in the F35 shot put. He finished seventh in the same event at the 2017 World Championships in London.

In 2018 Ruddock turned his attention to cycling and was selected as part of the British team competing at the Para Cycling Track World Championships in 2019.

He became the World Champion of the C1 1000km Time Trial in 2022 and successfully defended his title one year later in Glasgow.

Major Results

**2023 UCI World Para-Cycling Championships, Glasgow, Scotland **

C1 1000km Time Trial: Gold
C1 Omnium: Bronze

**2022 UCI World Para-Cycling Championships, Quentin en Yvelines, France **

C1 1000km Time Trial: Gold

2016 IPC Athletics European Championships, Grosseto, Italy

F35 Shot Put: Silver

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