Sport: Track and Field, Hammer Throw
Birthday: December 6th, 1994
Hometown: Sand Lake, NY
College: Cornell University, Bachelor’s in CALS Information Science ’17, Rutgers University, Master’s in Business and Science ’19
Career Highlights: American record-holder in hammer throw of 82.71m/271-4 set in June of 2021, 2016 Olympian (18th place in hammer throw), back-to-back 3-time Ivy League champion in weight throw at Ivy League Heptagonal Indoor Track and Field Championships (2015, 2016, 2017), back-to-back 3-time Ivy League champion in hammer throw at Ivy League Heptagonal Outdoor Track and Field Championships (2015, 2016, 2017)
Tokyo will be Rudy’s second Olympics (2016 Rio, 2020 Tokyo). Rudy works at RWJ Barnabas Health in West Orange, NJ as a Cyber Security Analyst. While he pursued his Master’s at Rutgers, Rudy served as a volunteer assistant throws coach for the university’s track and field team.
Rudy finished 7th overall in the men’s hammer throw at the Tokyo Games, with a mark of 77.08m/252’ 11”.