James Min (born 13 September 2000) is an Australian former

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. He is a two-time Australian national silver medalist (2016, 2019). On the junior level, he is the 2015 Jégvirág Cup

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medalist, and a three-time Australian junior national champion (2014-2016). He reached the free skate of the 2020 and 2022

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. In May 2024, following the U.S. Center for SafeSport's banning of fellow Australian men's singles skater,

Brendan Kerry Brendan Kerry (born 18 November 1994) is an Australian figure skater. He is the 2017 CS Ondrej Nepela Trophy bronze medalist, the 2017 CS Lombardia Trophy bronze medalist, the 2019 Toruń Cup champion, the 2016 Egna Spring Trophy champion, a ...

, from having any involvement in activities under the jurisdiction of the

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following a thorough investigation on claims of sexual misconduct."Figure skating-US Center for SafeSport bans Australian Kerry for sexual misconduct"
/ref> In light of this, Min wrote a lengthy post on his

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, criticizing the lack of protective measures implemented in Australia to protect the safety of children in sport. In that same post, he also alleged that he had been groomed by an adult from the figure skating world when he was still a child. Min also brought up the years of trauma he suffered throughout his figure skating career because of this.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Min, James Australian male single skaters 2000 births Living people Sportspeople from Adelaide Sportsmen from South Australia 21st-century Australian sportsmen