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| Born | Kimberley Grace Ruddins September 3, 1963 (1963-09-03) (age 61) Los Angeles, California, U.S. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (180 cm) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| College / University | University of Southern California | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Setter | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Number | 11 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Kimberley Grace "Kim" Ruddins (born September 3, 1963) is a retired volleyball player from the United States who won the silver medal with the United States women's national volleyball team at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. Four years later, she represented the United States at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. She played as a setter.
College
Ruddins played college volleyball with the USC Trojans. She was a three-time All-American, and helped the Trojans win the 1981 Championship title.
References
- ^ "Kim Ruddins". Olympedia. Archived from the original on April 6, 2023. Retrieved September 13, 2023.
- Crowe, Jerry (July 28, 1985). "Members of U.S. Women's Volleyball Team Virtually Dedicated Their Lives to Winning a Gold Medal; Instead, They Had to Settle for a Silver Medal, but in Looking Back on the Experience . . . : They'd Do It Again". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved September 26, 2024. (subscription required)
- Hazeltine, Rick (October 22, 1988). "After Final '88 Match Tonight, U.S. Women Must Find a Setter". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved September 13, 2023. (subscription required)
External links
- Kimberly Ruddins profile at Olympics.com
- Olympedia profile: Kim Ruddins
- Volleybox.net profile
- Kimberley Ruddins at databaseOlympics.com (archived)
- Atari Magazines (archived)
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- 1963 births
- Living people
- American women's volleyball players
- Volleyball players at the 1984 Summer Olympics
- Volleyball players at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 1984 Summer Olympics
- Olympic silver medalists for the United States in volleyball
- Volleyball players from Los Angeles
- USC Trojans women's volleyball players
- Volleyball players at the 1983 Pan American Games
- Volleyball players at the 1987 Pan American Games
- Medalists at the 1983 Pan American Games
- Medalists at the 1987 Pan American Games
- Pan American Games silver medalists for the United States in volleyball
- Pan American Games bronze medalists for the United States in volleyball
- Competitors at the 1983 Summer Universiade
- 20th-century American sportswomen