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Para Snowboarding

Zachary

Miller

Paralympian 2022

Athlete Bio#

Height

5'8"

Age

26

Hometown

Silverthorne, CO

Education

Homeschool Abeka Academy (Pensacola, Florida) ‘17 Devry University, Information Technology

classification: SB-LL2

Quick Facts
  • Zach was born with cerebral palsy and he discovered snowboarding through the hospital sports program at the Children's Hospital in Denver
  • Son of Michael and T.R Miller
  • Zach has one sibling, Josh
  • Hobbies include gaming, riding motorcycles and clay target shooting
  • Zach describes himself as a massive nerd, huge gamer and insanely competitive
  • His favorite thing about snowboarding is how fast he can go and Zach's most memorable sporting moment was his becoming World Champion in Lillehammer
  • Zach's sporting idol is the Formula One racing driver, Max Verstappen
  • In the summer of 2022, Zach will be managing an all-adaptive e-sports program based in Copper Mountain (Colorado)
  • He will be organizing events and training adaptive gamers to compete in international tournaments hosted by Logitech
  • Zach's nickname is Zatch Milar after his coach intentionally mispronounced his name.
Paralympic Experience
  • 1-time Paralympian
    • Paralympic Games Beijing 2022, 11th (Snowboard Cross - Lower Limb 2 Impaired - Men), 15th (Banked Slalom - Lower Limb 2 Impaired - Men)
World Championship Experience
  • Most recent: 2023 – gold (Dual Banked Slalom - Team - Men), silver (Dual Banked Slalom - Lower Limb 2 Impaired - Men), bronze (Snowboard Cross - Lower Limb 2 Impaired - Men)
  • Years of participation: Dual Banked Slalom - Lower Limb 2 Impaired - Men 2023; Dual Banked Slalom - Team - Men 2023; Snowboard Cross - Lower Limb 2 Impaired - Men 2017, 2019, 2022, 2023; Banked Slalom - Lower Limb 2 Impaired - Men 2017, 2019, 2022; Snowboard Cross Team Event - Men 2019
  • Medals: 6 (2 gold, 1 silver, 3 bronze)
    • Gold – 2023 (Dual Banked Slalom - Team - Men); 2022 (Banked Slalom - Lower Limb 2 Impaired - Men)
    • Silver – 2023 (Dual Banked Slalom - Lower Limb 2 Impaired - Men)
    • Bronze – 2023 (Snowboard Cross - Lower Limb 2 Impaired - Men); 2019 (Snowboard Cross - Lower Limb 2 Impaired - Men, Snowboard Cross Team Event - Men)

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