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Yahoo
28-04-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Paralympian missing in Las Vegas found
A British Paralympian who went missing in Las Vegas has been found safe, police in the USA have confirmed. Sam Ruddock, from Rugby in Warwickshire, was reported missing by friends and family after he was last heard from on 16 April. He had travelled to the US on 13 April to watch a Wrestlemania event, with his disappearance reported to Las Vegas police on 24 April. A statement from the force said Ruddock, who has competed in shot put, cycling and sprinting, had been "located safe". His friend Lucy Hatton had described his disappearance as "really, really out of character" and that she and his family were desperate for information. Posting on social media on Monday evening, she celebrated that he had been found. Follow BBC Coventry & Warwickshire on BBC Sounds, Facebook, X and Instagram. British Paralympian reported missing in Las Vegas Paralympics GB British Cycling
BBC News
28-04-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
British Paralympian missing in Las Vegas found
A British Paralympian who went missing in Las Vegas has been found safe, police in the USA have confirmed. Sam Ruddock, from Rugby in Warwickshire, was reported missing by friends and family after he was last heard from on 16 had travelled to the US on 13 April to watch a Wrestlemania event, with his disappearance reported to Las Vegas police on 24 April. A statement from the force said Ruddock, who has competed in shot put, cycling and sprinting, had been "located safe". His friend Lucy Hatton had described his disappearance as "really, really out of character" and that she and his family were desperate for on social media on Monday evening, she celebrated that he had been found. Follow BBC Coventry & Warwickshire on BBC Sounds, Facebook, X and Instagram.
Daily Record
28-04-2025
- Sport
- Daily Record
Brit Paralympian Sam Ruddock missing from WrestleMania found after four days
The missing Brit Paralympian Sam Ruddock has been found safe in Las Vegas following his shock disappearance four days ago. A missing persons report was filed on Thursday, April 24, for the 35-year-old - whose mother, Fran Ruddock, said he was attending WrestleMania 41, the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department said. A mystery Las Vegas man who was last seen with the Brit before his phone suddenly stopped receiving messages last week was being hunted down by worried pals of the athlete, reports the Mirror . Sam, who has represented Team GB in shot put, cycling and sprinting, posted several videos of himself in Sin City to his Instagram before he vanished . During one ten-minute clip, he was seen being driven towards the famous Las Vegas Strip and chatting to a 'Steve' as he told him about his stay in the States and how he arrived in the US to attend WrestleMania. Fran earlier told FOX5 that her son deals with cerebral palsy and was staying at a motel in downtown Las Vegas. The motel was holding his belongings. The Paralympian, from Rugby, Warwickshire, was also reported missing to the British police and the UK Foreign Office - but in a major update released this evening, police in Las Vegas confirmed Sam has been located safely. On Monday night, Sam's best friend of ten years Lucy Earl took to Instagram to share her happiness. 'Sam is alive. Sam has been found ,' she wrote. Then, addressing her followers, she posted a video. 'I just want to confirm Sam is alive,' she said, holding back tears. 'Sam is alive . Sam is well. Let's get that boy home. Thank you so much to everybody.' Lucy previously said she had last heard from the 35-year-old on Apil 16 - when he stayed with her the night before his flight. She said she contacted police and the hostel Ruddock was staying in, and was told he failed to check out or collect his belongings when he should have last week. Speaking during the time of his disappearance , Lucy said: 'Sam is very, very present on social media, he's such a passionate person about sports. He flew on the 13th, I've got confirmation that he landed, I absolutely know Sam was in Vegas. The concerning part is he went silent from the 16th and, because he is such a big presence on social media, people were quite fast to notice.' A spokesperson for British Cycling said: 'British Cycling understands that para-cyclist Sam Ruddock was reported missing to UK and US police and Interpol after not being heard from since Wednesday 16 April 2025, while visiting Las Vegas, USA. We urge anyone who has been in contact with Sam since 16 April or may have any information of his whereabouts to contact their local police department as soon as possible.' Lincolnshire police also confirmed it had an active missing person investigation for Ruddock. A Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office spokesperson said at the time: 'We are supporting the family of a British man reported missing in Las Vegas and are in contact with the local authorities.' Sam competed in the 2012 Paralympics as a sprinter but later switched to shot put - finishing fifth at the European Championships two years later. In 2016, he finished sixth in the Paralympics F35 shot put. He also won gold medals at the 1000km cycling time trial in Quentin en Yvelines, France, in 2022 - and another gold medal in Scotland in 2023.
Metro
28-04-2025
- Metro
British Paralympian missing in Las Vegas for two weeks found safe
A British Paralympian has been found safe in Las Vegas, Nevada, after vanishing some two weeks ago. Sam Ruddock, 35, was reported missing last Thursday. His mother, Fran Ruddock, said he was attending WrestleMania 41 in Paradise. The gold medalist from Rugby, Warwickshire, travelled to the US on April 13 to attend the tournament. Sam has since been tracked down, the police said. More Trending His friend, Chris Graves, told Metro earlier today: 'We just want to know that he's safe, that's the bottom line really. 'There's been no direct contact with him or any social media activity since April 16. There's just so many options of what the situation could be that we just want to know he's safe.' The ParalympicsGB athlete's last known movement had been riding in an Austin-Healey sports car with an American man he seemed to have just met, with a point-of-view video of the journey posted on his Instagram channel on the day he went missing. Staff at a hostel where he was staying said he had not checked out and has left his belongings in his room. Got a story? Get in touch with our news team by emailing us at webnews@ Or you can submit your videos and pictures here. For more stories like this, check our news page. Follow on Twitter and Facebook for the latest news updates. You can now also get articles sent straight to your device. Sign up for our daily push alerts here. MORE: Meghan shares sweet video of Princess Lilibet's American accent for first time MORE: Four-year-old child with rare cancer 'deported despite being a US citizen' MORE: Mystery of the Bennington Triangle where people keep going missing
Daily Mirror
28-04-2025
- Daily Mirror
BREAKING: Missing Brit Paralympian Sam Ruddock found safe in Las Vegas after four days
Missing paralympian Brit Sam Ruddock has been found safe in Las Vegas following his disappearance four days ago. The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department said a missing person report was filed on Thursday, April 24, for 35-year-old Samuel Ruddock. His mother, Fran Ruddock, said he was attending WrestleMania 41.
