Mike Minor (snowboarder)
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Full name | Michael Rexford Minor | ||||||||||||||||
National team | United States | ||||||||||||||||
Born | July 28, 1990 Scranton, Pennsylvania, U.S. | (age 31)||||||||||||||||
Height | 5.5 ft (170 cm) | ||||||||||||||||
Weight | 150 lb (68 kg; 10 st 10 lb) | ||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Snowboarding (banked slalom, cross), skateboarding | ||||||||||||||||
Disability class | SB-UL | ||||||||||||||||
Achievements and titles | |||||||||||||||||
World finals | 2015 World Cup - Gold, Gold
2016 World Cup - Gold, Silver 2017 World Cup - Gold, Silver, Bronze 2017 World Championships - Gold, Silver 2018 World Cup - Gold, Gold | ||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Mike Minor (born July 28, 1990)[1] is an American adaptive athlete, World Champion snowboarder, and a Paralympian who competed for the United States at the 2018 Winter Paralympics. He won gold in Snowboarding at the 2018 Winter Paralympics – Men's banked slalom and bronze in Men's snowboard cross division SB-UL.[2] During his childhood, Minor was given a prosthetic part for his right arm, because he was born with a missing part in his arm. He starting skiing at the age of two and started snowboarding at the age of seven.[3] He was nominated for the Best Male Athlete with a Disability ESPY Award in 2017.[4]
Career[]
Snowboarding[]
Minor entered snowboarding competitions in 2015. In 2017, he won gold in snowboard cross and silver in banked slalom for World Para Snowboard Championships in Big White, Canada.[3] He also became a Triple Crystal Globe winner that year. In 2018, he won a gold and bronze medal at the 2018 Winter Paralympics.[3]
Skateboarding[]
Minor won a bronze medal for skateboarding at the inaugural adaptive skatepark event at the Summer X Games 2019 in Minneapolis, Minnesota.[5]
Awards and accolades[]
Minor was nominated for 2 Team USA Male Athlete of the month awards and nominated for Best Male Athlete with a Disability ESPY Award in 2017.[4]
Charity[]
Minor works with Adaptive Action Sports, a non profit organization founded by Amy Purdy and Daniel Gale, which assists athletes with disabilities to train in adaptive extreme sports.[6]
Personal life[]
Minor was born in Scranton, Wayne County, Pennsylvania.
References[]
- ^ "Mike Minor". PyeongChang2018.com. PyeongChang Organizing Committee for the 2018 Olympic & Paralympic Winter Games. Archived from the original on March 18, 2018. Retrieved March 18, 2018.
- ^ Collins, Donnie (March 16, 2018). "Waymart's Minor wins Paralympic gold". The Scranton Times-Tribune. Archived from the original on March 18, 2018. Retrieved March 18, 2018.
- ^ a b c "Mike Minor - Snowboard | Paralympic Athlete Profile". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved February 27, 2021.
- ^ a b "ESPYs 2017 winners: Peyton Manning, Tom Brady poised to meet one more time". www.sportingnews.com. Retrieved February 27, 2021.
- ^ Olivero, Antonio. "Mike Minor of Frisco medals at inaugural X Games adaptive skateboard park". www.summitdaily.com. Retrieved February 27, 2021.
- ^ "Paralympic Snowboarder Brings Inspiring Message to Allied Services in Scranton". www.allied-services.org. Retrieved February 27, 2021.
External links[]
- Mike Minor at the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee
- Mike Minor at the International Paralympic Committee
- Mike Minor at IPC.InfostradaSports.com
- Mike Minor at World Para Snowboard
- 1990 births
- Living people
- American male snowboarders
- Paralympic snowboarders of the United States
- Paralympic medalists in snowboarding
- Paralympic gold medalists for the United States
- Paralympic bronze medalists for the United States
- Snowboarders at the 2018 Winter Paralympics
- Medalists at the 2018 Winter Paralympics
- People from Wayne County, Pennsylvania
- Sportspeople from Scranton, Pennsylvania
- American snowboarding biography stubs