Rudy Garcia-Tolson (born September 14, 1988)[1] is a Paralympic swimmer, runner and triathlete from the USA.

He 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.

[6][7] He 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.

[8] In the 2008 Beijing Paralympics, when he was 20, he again won the gold medal in the 200 meter individual medley event, breaking his own SM7 world record twice in the process.

[11] On April 14, 2022, he was named to the roster to represent the United States at the 2022 World Para Swimming Championships.

He was the subject of The Final Sprint's December 2006 "Success Story"; a monthly column that aims to highlight remarkable and factual accounts of runners who have overcome major obstacles and/or changed their lives via running.

[14] He is a student at Southwestern College,[20] likes hip hop music and skateboarding,[21] and has one brother and three sisters.