• Paralympic gold medalist (2014), three-time world champion (2019, 2015, 2012)
  • Served as U.S. captain for the gold medal-winning 2015 world championship entry
• Rejoined the U.S. National Sled Hockey Team in 2018-19 after previously spending five straight seasons with Team USA from 2011-16
  • Served two seasons as team captain (2014-16) and two seasons as an alternate captain (2012-14)
• Has represented Team USA in one Paralympic Winter Games (gold - 2014), four world championships (gold - 2019, 2015, 2012; silver - 2013), seven Para Hockey Cups (first – 2012, 2015, 2016, 2018; second – 2011 (Nov.), 2013) and three other international events

Has skated in one Paralympic Winter Games, helping the United States secure a gold medal (2014)

2014 - Sochi, Russia - Gold Medal

• Scored the game-winning goal over host Russia in the gold-medal game

Has been a member of four U.S. entries in world championship play, capturing three gold medals (2019, 2012, 2009) and one silver medal (2013)

2019 - Ostrava, Czech Republic - Gold Medal

• Named to the U.S. roster but did not appear in any game due to injury

2015 - Buffalo, N.Y. - Gold Medal

• Captained Team USA to an undefeated record and its third-ever world championship title on home ice in Buffalo, N.Y.

2013 - Goyang, South Korea - Silver Medal

• Skated in all five games

2012 - Hamar, Norway - Gold Medal

• Skated in all five games

Has skated in six Para Hockey Cups, helping the United States capture three titles (2012, 2015, 2016 (Jan.), 2018)

2018 - London, Ont. - First Place

• Skated in five games, tallying three assists while playing both forward and defense

2016 (Jan.) - Bridgewater, N.S. - First Place

• Skated in all five games as team captain as Team USA defended its tournament title for the first time 

2015 - Leduc, Alberta - First Place

• Captained Team USA to its first-ever undefeated record in tournament play

2013 - London, Ontario - Second Place

• Skated in all five games

2012 - Calgary, Alberta - First Place

• Skated in all five games, tallying a shorthanded goal and two assists

2011 (Nov.) - Calgary, Alberta - Second Place

• Collected three assists in five games

Has skated in two other international events for Team USA

2016 IPC Pan-Pacific Championship - Buffalo, N.Y. - First Place

• Captained Team USA to a championship on home ice in Buffalo, N.Y.

2013 USA Hockey Sled Cup - Indian Trail, N.C. - First Place

• Notched three assists in four appearances

Member of the Portland Winterhawks Sled Hockey program, an organization he helped create in partnership with Labatt USA and its "Pass It Forward" initiative

• Prior to Portland, Sweeney spent time with the San Antonio Rampage and Dallas Stars sled hockey programs. He was coached in San Antonio by Lonnie Hannah, a former U.S. Paralympian, and helped the Stars capture the 2012 USA Hockey Sled Classic Division A Championship, presented by the NHL