Charlotte Bolton
{{Short description|Canadian para-athlete (born 2003)}}
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Charlotte Bolton (born June 27, 2003) is a Canadian para-athletics athlete. She competes in F41 throwing events. She has won 29 medals at the World Dwarf Games{{Cite web |title=Charlotte Bolton |url=https://athletics.ca/athlete/charlotte-bolton/ |access-date=2024-08-09 |website=Athletics Canada |language=en-US}} and a bronze medal in discus at the 2023 Parapan American Games.
Early life and education
Bolton was born on June 27, 2003 to parents Scot Bolton and Bridget Fearon.{{Cite web |date=2021-08-07 |title=Bolton Finishes in Sixth Place in Women's Shot Put |url=https://www.heartfm.ca/news/local-news/bolton-finishes-in-sixth-place-in-womens-shot-put/ |access-date=2024-08-09 |website=104.7 Heart FM |language=en}} She has cartilage-hair hypoplasia, a rare form of dwarfism. She has a sister, Madelyn.{{Cite news |last=Abbott |first=Chris |date=2013-08-22 |title=Bolton's a world class athlete |url=https://www.norfolkandtillsonburgnews.com/2013/08/22/boltons-a-world-class-athlete |archive-url= |access-date=2024-08-08 |work=Norfolk and Tillsonburg News}}
Bolton attended Glendale High School in Tillsonburg.{{Cite news |last=Abbott |first=Chris |date=2021-06-21 |title=Bolton competes at Canadian Paralympic Track and Field Trials |url=https://www.norfolkandtillsonburgnews.com/news/local-news/bolton-competes-at-canadian-paralympic-track-and-field-trials |access-date=2024-08-08 |work=Norfolk and Tillsonburg News}} She is studying international biomedical sciences at York University, where she also competes on the varsity team.{{Cite news |last=Abbott |first=Chris |date=2021-09-08 |title=Bolton excels on the world stage |url=https://www.thepost.on.ca/sports/other-sports/bolton-excels-on-the-world-stage |access-date=2024-08-08 |work=The Post}}
Career
At the 2013 World Dwarf Games in East Lansing, Michigan, Bolton won seven gold medals, four silver medals and one bronze medal in the 7 to 11-year-old Junior A youth division. Her medals included gold in shot put, javelin, discus, 40-metre, 60-metre, soccer, mixed volleyball and table tennis, as well as silver medals in the mixed-age relay, 25-metre freestyle and 25-metre backstroke, and bronze in the 25-metre relay.
In 2015, she wrote an original song, "Strong," which received over 5,500 views on YouTube. She performed "Strong" as well as other songs with her father at the Summer Daze Acoustic Concert Series in Tillsonburg.{{Cite news |last=Abbott |first=Chris |date=2015-06-19 |title=Charlotte Bolton inspires with her new song, Strong |url=https://www.norfolkandtillsonburgnews.com/2015/06/19/charlotte-bolton-inspires-with-her-new-song-strong |access-date=2024-08-08 |work=Norfolk and Tillsonburg News}}
Bolton won 17 medals in her 12-15 year old division at the 2017 World Dwarf Games held in Guelph: ten gold, six silver and one bronze. She competed in badminton, basketball, soccer, swimming, track and field, table tennis and volleyball.{{Cite news |last=Abbott |first=Chris |date=2017-09-12 |title=Bolton medals 17 times at World Dwarf Games |url=https://www.norfolkandtillsonburgnews.com/2017/09/12/bolton-medals-17-times-at-world-dwarf-games |access-date=2024-08-08 |work=Norfolk and Tillsonburg News}} She joined the Woodstock Legion Athletic Club in 2018 to concentrate training on throwing. During the COVID-19 pandemic, as her high school classes shifted online, Bolton was able to train with the national coach Richard Parkinson at the East Hub in Toronto.{{Cite web |last= |date=2021-06-03 |title=Bolton takes it to another level |url=https://athletics.ca/blog/2021/06/03/bolton-takes-it-to-another-level/ |access-date=2024-08-09 |website=Athletics Canada |language=en-US}}
Bolt holds three F41 national records.{{Cite news |last=Abbott |first=Chris |date=2021-08-04 |title=Bolton will compete at Tokyo Paralympic Games |url=https://www.norfolkandtillsonburgnews.com/news/local-news/bolton-will-compete-at-tokyo-paralympic-games |access-date=2024-08-08 |work=Norfolk and Tillsonburg News}} In June 2021, Bolton set the Canadian F41 discus record at the Royal City Inferno Track & Field Festival in Guelph, tossing 29.65 metres.{{Cite web |last=Martin |first=Mitchell |date=2021-08-31 |title=4th-ranked Charlotte Bolton competes for a medal in women's discus throw |url=https://torontoobserver.ca/2021/08/31/4th-ranked-charlotte-bolton-competes-for-a-medal-in-womens-discus-throw/ |access-date=2024-08-08 |website=The Toronto Observer |language=en-CA}} She made her Paralympic debut at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo. At 18 years old, she was the youngest member of Canada's para-athletics team.{{Cite web |date=2021-09-08 |title=Interview with Tillsonburg Paralympian Charlotte Bolton |url=https://www.heartfm.ca/news/local-news/interview-with-tillsonburg-paralympian-charlotte-bolton/ |access-date=2024-08-09 |website=104.7 Heart FM |language=en}} Bolton placed 6th in both the women's F41 shot put and discus throw.{{Cite web |last=Martin |first=Mitchell |date=2021-09-01 |title=Teenager Bolton takes 6th in women's discus, breaks Americas record |url=https://torontoobserver.ca/2021/09/01/teenager-bolton-takes-6th-in-womens-discus-breaks-americas-record/ |access-date=2024-08-09 |website=The Toronto Observer |language=en-CA}}
She won bronze in the women's discus throw F41 at the 2023 Parapan American Games,{{Cite news |last=Abbott |first=Chris |date=2024-01-16 |title=Bolton wins Parapan Am bronze in Chile |url=https://www.norfolkandtillsonburgnews.com/news/local-news/bolton-wins-parapan-am-bronze-in-chile |access-date=2024-08-08 |work=Norfolk and Tillsonburg News}} her Parapan Am debut. She also came fifth in the women's F41 shot put.{{Cite web |last= |date=2023-11-26 |title=Santiago 2023 Day 8 Recap + Day 9 Preview: Boccia gold highlights seven-medal penultimate day |url=https://paralympic.ca/news/santiago-2023-day-8-recap-day-9-preview-boccia-gold-highlights-seven-medal-penultimate-day/ |access-date=2024-08-08 |website=Canadian Paralympic Committee |language=en-US}} At the 2023 World Para Athletics Championships, Bolton placed ninth in the women's F41 shot put.{{Cite news |date=2023-07-09 |title=Bulgaria's Ruzhdi Ruzhdi sets shot put world record at World Para Athletics Championships |url=https://www.cbc.ca/lite/story/1.6901618 |access-date=2024-08-08 |work=CBC}} She placed eighth in the women's discus throw F41.
Bolton competed at the 2024 Summer Paralympics.{{Cite web |last=Culbert |first=Marcie |date=2024-07-02 |title=Tillsonburg Paralympian Heading to Paris |url=https://www.heartfm.ca/news/local-news/tillsonburg-paralympian-heading-to-paris/ |access-date=2024-08-08 |website=104.7 Heart FM |language=en}} She placed 10th in the women's F41 shotput and 6th in the women's F41 discus.{{Cite web |last=Culbert |first=Marcie |date=2024-09-04 |title=Bolton Competes at Paris Paralympics |url=https://www.heartfm.ca/news/local-news/bolton-finishes-sixth-at-paris-paralympics/ |access-date=2024-09-04 |website=104.7 Heart FM |language=en}} She trains full time at the Athletics Canada East Hub in Toronto.{{Cite news |last=Ruby |first=Michelle |date=2024-09-24 |title=Tillsonburg athlete happy with performance at Paris Paralympics |url=https://www.simcoereformer.ca/news/local-news/tillsonburg-athlete-happy-with-performance-at-paris-paralympics |access-date=2024-12-22 |work=Simcoe Reformer}}
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- {{CPC profile|charlotte-bolton|Charlotte Bolton}}
- {{IPC profile|charlotte-bolton|Charlotte Bolton}}
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Category:21st-century Canadian sportswomen
Category:Medalists at the 2023 Parapan American Games
Category:Sportspeople from Tillsonburg
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2024 Summer Paralympics
Category:Competitors in athletics with dwarfism
Category:York University alumni
Category:Paralympic track and field athletes for Canada
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
Category:Parapan American Games medalists in athletics (track and field)
Category:Parapan American Games bronze medalists for Canada