5'7"
19
Rockledge, FL
University of Colorado Boulder
Brett Bolton grew up in Rockledge, Florida, a fan of the two NHL hockey teams in Florida: the Florida Panthers and the Tampa Bay Lightning. Bolton was born a congenital amputee and competed in numerous sports growing up, including gymnastics, wrestling, and track and field. He was introduced to sled hockey at age 8, as his local team, the Space Coast Blast, had featured two-time Paralympic gold medalist Greg Shaw.
At age 16, Brett Bolton made his U.S. National Sled Hockey Team debut at the 2022 IPH Cup in Ostrava, Czechia. He was a member of Team USA’s gold-medal winning squad at the 2023 World Para Ice Hockey Championship and helped the U.S. capture a silver medal at the 2024 World Para Ice Hockey Championship the following season. Bolton didn’t make the U.S. roster for the 2025 tournament but used it to fuel his desire to make the 2026 U.S. Paralympic sled hockey team: “I kind of had my eye on Milano Cortina as a little bit of redemption."
Bolton was named to the U.S. team for the 2025 Para Hockey Cup where he had the game-winning goal in the championship vs Canada and also tallied a hat trick against China in the semifinals to help propel the U.S. to the title game. Just over a month later, Bolton would be named to his first U.S. Paralympic team for the Paralympic Winter Games Milano Cortina 2026.
Off the ice, Bolton is a sophomore at the University of Colorado, where he is pursuing a double major in finance and accounting, with a minor in leadership.
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