Stephen Ruddy

{{Short description|American swimmer (1901–1964)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2020}}

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| name = Stephen Ruddy

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| fullname = Stephen A. Ruddy Jr.

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| national_team = United States

| strokes = Breaststroke

| club = New York Athletic Club

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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1901|5|7|mf=y}}

| birth_place = New York, New York, U.S.

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1964|1|1|1901|5|7|mf=y}}

| death_place = New York, New York, U.S.

| height = {{convert|5|ft|10|in|m|abbr=on}}

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Stephen A. Ruddy Jr. (May 7, 1901 – January 1, 1964) was an American competition swimmer who represented the United States at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, Belgium.{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/51541 |title=Stephen Ruddy |work=Olympedia |access-date=3 September 2021}}{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ru/stephen-ruddy-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418052610/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ru/stephen-ruddy-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 18, 2020 |title=Stephen Ruddy |access-date=December 5, 2012}} Ruddy competed in the preliminary heats of the men's 200-meter breaststroke and men's 400-meter breaststroke, but did not advance.{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1920/SWI/mens-200-metres-breaststroke.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417170315/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1920/SWI/mens-200-metres-breaststroke.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 17, 2020 |title=Men's 200 metres Breaststroke |access-date=December 5, 2012}}{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1920/SWI/mens-400-metres-breaststroke.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417165102/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1920/SWI/mens-400-metres-breaststroke.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 17, 2020 |title=Men's 400 metres Breaststroke |access-date=December 5, 2012}}