11 Facts About Rudy Garcia-Tolson

Rudy Garcia-Tolson was born on September 14,1988 and is a Paralympic swimmer, runner and triathlete from the USA.

Rudy Garcia-Tolson 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.

Rudy Garcia-Tolson 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.

Rudy Garcia-Tolson won the bronze medal in 100m breaststroke SB7.

Rudy Garcia-Tolson ran personal best times in his T42 100 metre and 200 metre events, but did not qualify for finals.

Rudy Garcia-Tolson raced with celebrities including Robin Williams as part of Team Braveheart.

Rudy Garcia-Tolson attempted the 2009 Ironman World Championship in Kona but missed the bike cut by 8 minutes.

In 2003, Rudy Garcia-Tolson was named one of Teen People Magazine's "20 Teens Who Will Change the World".

Rudy Garcia-Tolson has won several awards, including the Arete Courage in Sports Award and the Casey Martin Award from Nike.

Rudy Garcia-Tolson has been a spokesperson for the Challenged Athletes Foundation since 1999.

Rudy Garcia-Tolson is a student at Southwestern College, likes hip hop music and skateboarding, and has one brother and three sisters.