Personal information | |
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Full name | Michael Rexford Minor |
National team | United States |
Born | July 28, 1990 Scranton, Pennsylvania, U.S. | (age 33)
Height | 5.5 ft (170 cm) |
Weight | 150 lb (68 kg; 10 st 10 lb) |
Sport | |
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 |
Mike Minor (born July 28, 1990)[1] is an American 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. He started skiing at the age of two and snowboarding at the age of seven.[3] He was nominated for the Best Male Athlete with a Disability ESPY Award in 2017.[4]
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. In 2018, he won a gold and bronze medal at the 2018 Winter Paralympics.[3]
Minor won a bronze medal for skateboarding at the inaugural adaptive skatepark event at the Summer X Games 2019 in Minneapolis, Minnesota.[5]
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]
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]
Minor was born in Scranton, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania.