Name: Brody Roybal

Position: Forward

Sport: Sled Hockey

Discipline(s): Sled Hockey

Height: 3-2

DOB: 5/24/1998

Birthplace: Northlake, Ill.

Hometown: Northlake, Ill.

High School: West Leyden High School (Northlake, Ill.) ‘16

College: University of Arizona

Team/Club: Chicago Blackhawks/Nashville Sled Preds

Paralympic Experience

• Three-time Paralympian (2014, 2018, 2022); three-time Paralympic medalist (3 golds)
• Paralympic Winter Games Beijing 2022, gold
• Paralympic Winter Games PyeongChang 2018, gold
• Paralympic Winter Games Sochi 2014, gold

World Championship Experience

• Most recent: 2021 – gold
• Years of participation: 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021
• Medals: 4 (3 golds, 1 silver)
• Gold – 2021; 2019; 2015
• Silver – 2017

Personal: At just 15 years old, Roybal was the youngest member of the 2014 U.S. Paralympic Sled Hockey Team...Roybal is a congenital bilateral amputee, born without femurs in either leg...Growing up, Roybal played softball and basketball, then switched to wrestling in high school...His true passion was contact sports, driving him to try sled hockey at age eight in 2006...At age 12, his career took a slight detour when he broke one elbow and injured the other in a skateboarding accident...After trying wrestling, his soon realized that his true passion was sled hockey...Later that year, he was attending USA Hockey’s player development camps with dreams of Paralympic gold. He made his debut with the U.S. National Sled Hockey Team during the 2013-2014 season...Member of the ARC Performance Team...Employed by DICK's Sporting Goods as a member of their contenders program...Son of Robert and Michelle Roybal…Hobbies include skateboarding, working out and gaming...Has one brother, Spencer...Was named the 2015 March of Dimes Inspirational Athlete of the Year.

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