Richard Abruzzo (May 19, 1963 – c. September 29, 2010) was a champion American balloonist who with Carol Rymer Davis won the 2003 America's Challenge Gas Balloon Race and the 2004 Gordon Bennett Cup.

[2] In his home town of Albuquerque, New Mexico, his business enterprises included real estate and ski lifts.

In 1992 Richard flew the first gas balloon from North America to Africa breaking the distance record previously held by his father.

The 2003 Harmon Trophy was for the first solo gas balloon transcontinental flight from San Diego to the Georgia coast.

[3] Richard Abruzzo and Rymer Davis were lost at sea on September 29, 2010, while competing in the 54th Gordon Bennett Cup.