| Nationality: | American |
| National Team: | United States |
| Birth Place: | Scranton, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Height Ft: | 5.5 |
| Weight Lb: | 150 |
| Sport: | Snowboarding (banked slalom, cross), skateboarding |
| Headercolor: | lightsteelblue |
| Full Name: | Michael Rexford Minor |
| Show-Medals: | yes |
| Disability Class: | SB-UL |
| Worlds: | 2015 World Cup - Gold, Gold2016 World Cup - Gold, Silver2017 World Cup - Gold, Silver, Bronze 2017 World Championships - Gold, Silver2018 World Cup - Gold, Gold |
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.
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 2018 Winter Paralympics.
Minor won a bronze medal for skateboarding at the inaugural adaptive skatepark event at the Summer X Games 2019 in Minneapolis, Minnesota.[4]
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.[5]
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.[6]
Minor was born in Scranton, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania.