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American sprinter

Steven Earl Riddick (born September 18, 1951) is an American athlete and winner of the gold medal in 4×100 meter relay at the 1976 Summer Olympics.

Riddick was raised in Hampton, Virginia. His father was a Church of Christ minister there. Riddick was a late starter in track, concentrating on team sports until his junior year at high school. In 1975, in Zurich, he ran the fastest automatically timed 100 m of the year at 10.05 s, a time that remained his personal best. At the 1976 Montreal Olympics, Steven Riddick was eliminated in the semi final of the 100 m race, but ran the anchor leg in the gold medal winning American 4 × 100 m relay team (with Harvey Glance, Johnny 'Lam' Jones and Millard Hampton). Riddick had finished third in the 100 m final at the United States Olympic Trials. He narrowly missed out on doubling up at 200 m at the Olympics by finishing fourth in the 200 final he was narrowly passed in the closing stages by Mark Lutz. and placed second in 1979 IAAF World Cup (with Mike Roberson, Harvey Glance and Mel Lattany). In 1978, he won the 100 m and anchored the United States 4 × 100 m relay team to victory in the USA versus USSR meet at the University of California's Edwards Stadium, and so helping the United States to its first overall victory in the dual meet series since 1969. Riddick attempted to qualify for the 100 m at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics but was eliminated at the quarter final stage at the United States Olympic Trials. he was, however, twice United States champion indoors at 60 y in 1977 and 1979. His indoor successes in 1977 led him to being voted Track and Field News's indoor athlete of the year. Riddick ran for his college Norfolk State University until 1974 winning NCAA division titles. In 1980, Riddick was inducted into the Athletic Hall of Fame of The Lower Virginia Peninsula. In 1997, Riddick was inducted into the Hampton Roads African American Sports Hall of Fame.

After his athletics career, Riddick was a coach at Norfolk State University. Riddick enjoyed some early success in the role, but his reputation was tarnished when he was embroiled in a scandal over the misappropriation of university travel funds for which he was sacked.

In 2006, Riddick was indicted and arrested on fraud charges for his alleged involvement in a money laundering scheme. His former student, Tim Montgomery, was also a defendant in the case and Montgomery's former girlfriend, 5 time Olympic medalist sprinter Marion Jones, was also found to have been involved in the operation. In 2008, Riddick was sentenced to five years and three months in federal prison for counterfeiting checks.