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Eric Robert Rudolph (born September 19, 1966), also known as the Olympic Park Bomber, is an American domestic terrorist convicted for a series of bombings across the Southern United States between 1996 and 1998, which killed two people and injured over 100 others, including the Centennial Olympic Park bombing at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.
- May 5, 1998
- September 19, 1966 (age 57), Merritt Island, Florida, U.S.
- Bob Randolph, Robert Randolph, Bobby Rudolph
Far-right extremism. The Centennial Olympic Park bombing was a domestic terrorist pipe bombing attack on Centennial Olympic Park in Atlanta, Georgia, on Saturday, July 27, 1996, during the Summer Olympics. The blast directly killed one person and injured 111 others; another person later died of a heart attack.
- July 27, 1996, 1:20 am (UTC-4)
- Pipe bomb
- 2 (1 directly, 1 indirectly)
Sep 22, 2016 · The Crime. On July, 27, Eric Rudolph planted a bomb in Centennial Olympic Park in Atlanta, Georgia, where thousands had gathered to celebrate the Olympics. The resulting explosion killed one and injured over 100. Rudolph carried out three additional bombing incidents between 1996 and 1998 in Atlanta and Birmingham, Alabama, killing one and ...
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Jul 24, 2012 · Jul 24, 2012. The Atlanta Olympics -- the Centennial Games -- opened the night of July 19, 1996, when Janet Evans passed the torch to Muhammad Ali, who lit the cauldron in one of the most ...
The Attacks . Rudolph began his violent attacks on July 27, 1996. As spectators watched the 1996 Summer Olympics, he planted a bomb in Centennial Olympic Park in Atlanta.
Feb 9, 2010 · The bombing at Atlanta's Centennial Olympic Park in 1996 made Richard Jewell a suspect in the attack, though he was later cleared of all charges. ... 1998, an abortion clinic ... a 31-year-old ...
Federal agents sift through the rubble at the base of the sound stack in Centennial Olympic Park in Atlanta after the pipe bomb that Eric Rudolph planted exploded July 27, 1996, killing two and injuring 100. John Giles - PA Images/PA Images via Getty Images. From Rudolph's memoirs posted on the Army of God website, "Between the Lines of Drift ...
