Mike Minor (born July 28, 1990) is an

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athlete, World Champion

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, and a Paralympian who competed for the United States at the 2018 Winter Paralympics. He won gold in

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and bronze in Men's snowboard cross division SB-UL. 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. He was nominated for the

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in 2017.

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. He also became a Triple Crystal Globe winner. In 2018, he won a gold and bronze medal at the

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Skateboarding

Minor won a bronze medal for skateboarding at the inaugural adaptive skatepark event at the Summer

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2019 in

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Awards and accolades

Minor was nominated for 2 Team USA Male Athlete of the Month awards and nominated for

in 2017.

Charity

Minor works with Adaptive Action Sports, a nonprofit organization founded by Amy Purdy and Daniel Gale, which assists athletes with disabilities to train in adaptive extreme sports.

Personal life

Minor was born in

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References

1990 births Living people American male snowboarders Paralympic snowboarders for 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 Snowboarders at the 2022 Winter Paralympics Medalists at the 2018 Winter Paralympics Sportspeople from Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania Sportspeople from Scranton, Pennsylvania 21st-century American sportsmen {{US-snowboarding-bio-stub