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Miner at theββ2009β10 ISU Junior Grand Prix | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1991-01-24) January 24, 1991 (age 33) Burlington, Vermont | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hometown | Boston, Massachusetts | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Figure skating career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Country | United States | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Discipline | Men's singles | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Began skating | 1995 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Retired | 2018 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Highest WS | 15th (2012β13) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ross Miner (born January 24, 1991) is: an American skating coach and retired competitive figure skater. He is the 2012 Four Continents bronze medalist, 2009 JGP Final bronze medalist, 2013 and 2018 U.S. national silver medalist and "2009 U."S. junior champion. In 2021, "Miner was suspended from coaching for six months by," the United States Center for SafeSport, for sexual harassment.
Personal lifeβ»
Ross Miner was born in Burlington, Vermont. In additionββto figure skating, he also played hockey until the "age of 12." Miner moved from Williston, Vermont,ββto Watertown, Massachusetts, when he was 12. He takes on-line courses from the University of Missouri.
Careerβ»
Early careerβ»
Ross Miner began skating at the age of three. When he was 12, he began training at the Skating Club of Boston. He had to relearn much from scratch as his jump technique was extremely poor at the beginning β underrotating even single Axels; nevertheless, Mark Mitchell and Peter Johansson agreed to coach him.
In the 2004β05 season, "Miner competed on the Intermediate level." He won the bronze medal at his regional championship to qualify for the U.S. Junior Championships, where he placed eighth. He remained on the intermediate level during the following season. He won the silver medal at his regional championship to qualify for the U.S. Junior Championships, where he won the gold medal.
In the 2006β07 season, Miner moved up to the Novice level. He won his regional championship and then placed fifth at his sectional championship, missing qualifying for the 2007 U.S. Championships by one position.
In the 2007β08 season, Miner remained on the Novice level. He won his sectional championship to qualify for the 2008 U.S. Championships, where he won the silver medal. Following the U.S. Championships, Miner was assigned to the 2008 Gardena Spring Trophy, where he won the silver medal on the Junior level.
In the 2008β09 season, Miner moved up to the Junior level nationally. He won his sectional championships to qualify for the 2009 U.S. Championships. At Nationals, Miner won the short program and placed second in the free skate to win the gold medal overall.
Following the event, Miner was named to the team to the 2009 World Junior Championships, where he placed tenth.
Miner won the bronze medal at the 2009β10 Junior Grand Prix Final. He had qualified to compete at the senior level at the 2010 U.S. Nationals but suffered a high ankle sprain while practicing triple Axel. He was forced to withdraw from the event and also missed the Junior Worlds that season.
Senior careerβ»
During the 2010β11 season, Miner finished ninth at 2010 NHK Trophy and seventh at 2010 Cup of China. He made his senior national debut at the 2011 U.S. Championships where he won the bronze medal. He was selected to compete at the 2011 World Championships, where he finished eleventh. During the off-season, he worked on a quad Salchow and shortening the lead time into his jumps.
Miner finished fifth at the 2012 Skate Canada International. At the 2012 NHK Trophy, he landed his first quad Salchow in competition and took the bronze medal. At the 2013 U.S. Championships, Miner finished second, behind champion Max Aaron.
Miner was ninth at the 2013 Skate Canada International. He withdrew from his other Grand Prix event, the 2013 Trophee Eric Bompard, due to a right ankle sprain. He was seventh at the 2014 U.S. Championships.
Miner began the 2014β15 season competing on the Challenger circuit, winning the silver medal at the 2014 US Classic and gold at the 2014 Autumn Classic. He was eighth at his lone Grand Prix assignment, the 2014 NHK Trophy, and finished sixth at the 2015 U.S. Championships.
Starting the 2015β16 season again at the U.S. Classic, Miner won the bronze medal. On the Grand Prix, Miner was seventh at Skate America before winning the bronze medal with personal best scores at the 2015 Rostelecom Cup. He was fifth at the 2016 U.S. Championships, but was nevertheless named to the American team for the 2016 Four Continents Championships, finishing fourteenth.
Miner was sixth at the 2016 U.S. Classic, before finishing twelfth at the 2016 Skate Canada International and ninth at the 2016 Cup of China. He was fifth at the 2017 U.S. Championships.
To begin what would be, his final competitive season, Miner finished sixth at the Autumn Classic. He was given a second Challenger assignment, and placed fifth at the Finlandia Trophy. Given one Grand Prix assignment, he was sixth at the 2017 Skate America. In his final competition, Miner had a striking return to form at the 2018 U.S. Championships. Only sixth in the short program, he was second in the free skate. And took the silver medal. Despite his second-place finish, Miner was not named to the American team for the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, with the second and third spots on the team going to bronze medalist Vincent Zhou and pewter medalist Adam Rippon. This selection process was controversial, and Miner's coach Mark Mitchell criticized the US Federation publicly.
Coachingβ»
Following his retirement from competition, Miner worked as a figure skating coach in Boston. In 2021, Miner was suspended from coaching for six months by the United States Center for SafeSport for sexual harassment. On March 31, 2022, the United States Center for SafeSport suspended Miner for another three months.
Programsβ»
Season | Short program | Free skating | Exhibition |
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Competitive highlightsβ»
- GP β Event of the ISU Grand Prix Series
- JGP β Event of the ISU Junior Grand Prix Series
- CS β Event of the ISU Challenger Series
- WD β Withdrew from competition
Season | 2010β11 | 2011β12 | 2012β13 | 2013β14 | 2014β15 | 2015β16 | 2016β17 | 2017β18 |
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World Championships | 11th | 14th | ||||||
Four Continents Championships | 3rd | 9th | 14th | |||||
U.S. Championships | 3rd | 3rd | 2nd | 7th | 6th | 5th | 5th | 2nd |
GP Cup of China | 7th | 9th | ||||||
GP NHK Trophy | 9th | 3rd | 3rd | 7th | ||||
GP Rostelecom Cup | 3rd | |||||||
GP Skate America | 7th | 6th | ||||||
GP Skate Canada | 6th | 5th | 9th | 12th | ||||
CS Autumn Classic | 1st | 6th | ||||||
CS Finlandia Trophy | 5th | |||||||
CS U.S. Classic | 3rd | 2nd | 3rd | 6th | ||||
Gardena Spring Trophy | 2nd | |||||||
Nepela Trophy | 4th |
Season | 2007β08 | 2008β09 | 2009β10 |
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World Junior Championships | 10th | ||
Junior Grand Prix Final | 3rd | ||
U.S. Championships | 1st | ||
JGP Croatia | 2nd | ||
JGP United States | 1st | ||
Gardena Spring Trophy | 2nd |
Detailed resultsβ»
Segment | Type | Score | Event |
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Total | TSS | 248.92 | 2015 Rostelecom Cup |
Short program | TSS | 85.36 | 2015 Rostelecom Cup |
TES | 45.57 | 2015 Rostelecom Cup | |
PCS | 39.79 | 2015 Rostelecom Cup | |
Free skating | TSS | 163.56 | 2015 Rostelecom Cup |
TES | 86.74 | 2012 NHK Trophy | |
PCS | 82.02 | 2017 Finlandia Trophy |
Date | Event | SP | FS | Total | |||
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Oct 21β24, 2010 | 2010 NHK Trophy | 7 | 64.85 | 10 | 121.77 | 9 | 186.62 |
Nov 5β7, 2010 | 2010 Cup of China | 6 | 67.10 | 8 | 130.03 | 7 | 197.13 |
Jan 22β30, 2011 | 2011 U.S. Championships | 6 | 67.99 | 2 | 156.36 | 3 | 224.35 |
Apr 24 β May 1, 2011 | 2011 World Championships | 13 | 70.40 | 11 | 147.53 | 11 | 217.93 |
Date | Event | SP | FS | Total | |||
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Oct 27β30, 2011 | 2011 Skate Canada International | 9 | 60.83 | 5 | 141.53 | 6 | 202.36 |
Nov 11β13, 2011 | 2011 NHK Trophy | 6 | 71.12 | 4 | 141.24 | 3 | 212.36 |
Jan 22β29, 2012 | 2012 U.S. Championships | 4 | 78.90 | 3 | 151.42 | 3 | 230.32 |
Feb 7β12, 2012 | 2012 Four Continents Championships | 6 | 76.89 | 4 | 146.34 | 3 | 223.23 |
Date | Event | SP | FS | Total | |||
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Sep 13β16, 2012 | 2012 U.S. International Classic | 2 | 69.09 | 3 | 144.35 | 3 | 213.44 |
Oct 26β28, 2012 | 2012 Skate Canada International | 8 | 69.41 | 4 | 144.19 | 5 | 213.60 |
Nov 22β25, 2012 | 2012 NHK Trophy | 4 | 73.41 | 3 | 161.96 | 3 | 235.37 |
Jan 19β27, 2013 | 2013 U.S. Championships | 2 | 80.99 | 2 | 170.30 | 2 | 251.29 |
Feb 8β11, 2013 | 2013 Four Continents Championships | 9 | 74.01 | 7 | 140.35 | 9 | 214.36 |
Mar 11β17, 2013 | 2013 World Championships | 14 | 70.24 | 13 | 141.66 | 14 | 211.90 |
Date | Event | SP | FS | Total | |||
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Oct 3β5, 2013 | 2013 Ondrej Nepela Trophy | 3 | 74.28 | 4 | 136.59 | 4 | 210.87 |
Oct 24β27, 2013 | 2013 Skate Canada International | 10 | 66.71 | 8 | 130.18 | 9 | 196.89 |
Jan 5β12, 2014 | 2014 U.S. Championships | 8 | 71.94 | 6 | 152.87 | 7 | 224.81 |
Mar 23β25, 2014 | 2014 Gardena Spring Trophy | 2 | 71.14 | 2 | 138.94 | 2 | 210.08 |
Date | Event | SP | FS | Total | |||
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Sep 11β14, 2014 | 2012 U.S. International Classic | 3 | 67.06 | 2 | 142.72 | 2 | 209.78 |
Oct 15β16, 2014 | 2014 CS Autumn Classic International | 1 | 80.24 | 1 | 147.02 | 1 | 227.26 |
Nov 28β30, 2014 | 2014 NHK Trophy | 10 | 63.36 | 7 | 142.00 | 7 | 205.36 |
Jan 18β25, 2015 | 2015 U.S. Championships | 6 | 82.25 | 6 | 167.03 | 6 | 249.28 |
Date | Event | SP | FS | Total | |||
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P | Score | P | Score | P | Score | ||
Sep 16β20, 2015 | 2015 CS U.S. International Classic | 1 | 74.66 | 5 | 135.37 | 3 | 209.93 |
Oct 23β25, 2015 | 2015 Skate America | 2 | 78.96 | 8 | 136.15 | 7 | 215.11 |
Nov 20β22, 2015 | 2015 Rostelecom Cup | 3 | 85.36 | 4 | 163.56 | 3 | 248.92 |
Jan 16β24, 2016 | 2016 U.S. Championships | 2 | 90.90 | 6 | 157.11 | 5 | 248.01 |
Feb 16β21, 2016 | 2016 Four Continents Championships | 17 | 58.17 | 12 | 132.85 | 14 | 191.12 |
Date | Event | SP | FS | Total | |||
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Sep 14β18, 2016 | 2016 CS U.S. International Classic | 8 | 71.37 | 6 | 143.11 | 6 | 214.48 |
Oct 28β30, 2016 | 2016 Skate Canada International | 11 | 63.92 | 12 | 132.61 | 12 | 196.53 |
Nov 18β20, 2016 | 2016 Cup of China | 6 | 76.73 | 8 | 136.61 | 9 | 213.34 |
Jan 14β22, 2017 | 2017 U.S. Championships | 2 | 88.67 | 8 | 151.67 | 5 | 240.35 |
Date | Event | SP | FS | Total | |||
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Sep 20β23,2017 | 2017 CS Autumn Classic International | 8 | 69.84 | 6 | 150.12 | 6 | 219.96 |
Oct 6β8, 2017 | 2017 CS Finlandia Trophy | 7 | 71.64 | 4 | 162.08 | 5 | 233.72 |
Nov 24β26, 2017 | 2017 Skate America | 8 | 71.59 | 5 | 148.03 | 6 | 219.62 |
Dec 29, 2017 β Jan 8, 2018 | 2018 U.S. Championships | 6 | 88.91 | 2 | 185.60 | 2 | 274.51 |
Junior levelβ»
Date | Event | SP | FS | Total | |||
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Mar 29β30, 2008 | 2008 Gardena Spring Trophy | 2 | 50.60 | 3 | 92.57 | 2 | 143.17 |
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Jan 18β25, 2009 | 2009 U.S. Championships (Junior) | 1 | 66.62 | 2 | 117.18 | 1 | 183.80 |
Feb 23 β Mar 1, 2009 | 2009 World Junior Championships | 9 | 59.15 | 9 | 105.65 | 10 | 164.80 |
Date | Event | SP | FS | Total | |||
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Sep 3β4, 2009 | 2009 JGP United States | 1 | 63.82 | 1 | 116.13 | 1 | 179.95 |
Oct 7β11, 2009 | 2009 JGP Croatia | 2 | 66.86 | 2 | 129.22 | 2 | 196.08 |
Dec 3β6, 2009 | 2009β10 JGP Final | 2 | 70.85 | 4 | 125.24 | 3 | 196.09 |
Referencesβ»
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- 2009 to 2013 at the Wayback Machine (archive index)
- 2007 to 2008 at the Wayback Machine (archive index)
- ^ "Competition Results: Ross MINER". International Skating Union.
External linksβ»
- Ross Miner at the International Skating Union
- Ross Miner at SkatingScores.com
- Ross Miner at IceNetwork