Ross Miner
Ross Miner at the2009 JGP United States
Born	(1991-01-24)January 24, 1991 (age 34) 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
HighestWS	15th (2012–13)
Medal record
Four Continents Championships 2012 Colorado Springs Singles U.S. Championships 2013 Omaha Singles 2018 San Jose Singles 2011 Greensboro Singles 2012 San Jose Singles Junior Grand Prix Final 2009–10 Tokyo Singles

Ross Miner (born January 24, 1991) is an American skating coach and retired competitivefigure skater. He is the 2012Four Continents bronze medalist, 2009JGP Final bronze medalist, 2013 and 2018U.S. national silver medalist and 2009 U.S. junior champion. In 2021, Miner was suspended from coaching for six months by theUnited States Center for SafeSport, forsexual harassment.^[1]

Ross Miner was born inBurlington, Vermont. In addition to figure skating, he also played hockey until the age of 12.^[2] Miner moved fromWilliston, Vermont, toWatertown, Massachusetts, when he was 12.^[3] He takes on-line courses from theUniversity of Missouri.^[4]

Ross Miner began skating at the age of three.^[2] When he was 12, he began training at theSkating Club of Boston.^[4] He had to relearn much from scratch as his jump technique was extremely poor at the beginning – underrotating even single Axels; nevertheless,Mark Mitchell andPeter Johansson agreed to coach him.^[4]

In the 2004–05 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 2006–07 season, Miner moved up to the Novice level. He won his regional championship and then placed fifth at his sectional championship, missing qualifying for the2007 U.S. Championships by one position.

In the 2007–08 season, Miner remained on the Novice level. He won his sectional championship to qualify for the2008 U.S. Championships, where he won the silver medal. Following the U.S. Championships, Miner was assigned to the 2008Gardena Spring Trophy, where he won the silver medal on the Junior level.

In the 2008–09 season, Miner moved up to the Junior level nationally. He won his sectional championships to qualify for the2009 U.S. Championships. At Nationals, Miner won the short program^[5] and placed second in the free skate to win the gold medal overall.^[6][7]

Following the event, Miner was named to the team to the2009 World Junior Championships,^[8] where he placed tenth.

Miner won the bronze medal at the2009–10 Junior Grand Prix Final. He had qualified to compete at the senior level at the2010 U.S. Nationals but suffered a high ankle sprain while practicing a triple Axel.^[4][9] He was forced to withdraw from the event and also missed theJunior Worlds that season.

During the 2010–11 season, Miner finished ninth at2010 NHK Trophy and seventh at2010 Cup of China. He made his senior national debut at the2011 U.S. Championships where he won the bronze medal.^[10] He was selected to compete at the2011 World Championships, where he finished eleventh. During the off-season, he worked on aquadSalchow and shortening the lead time into his jumps.^[11]

Miner finished fifth at the2012 Skate Canada International. At the2012 NHK Trophy, he landed his first quad Salchow in competition and took the bronze medal.^[12] At the2013 U.S. Championships, Miner finished second, behind championMax Aaron.^[13][14]

Miner was ninth at the2013 Skate Canada International. He withdrew from his other Grand Prix event, the2013 Trophee Eric Bompard, due to a right ankle sprain.^[15] He was seventh at the2014 U.S. Championships.

Miner began the 2014–15 season competing on theChallenger circuit, winning the silver medal at the2014 US Classic and gold at the2014 Autumn Classic. He was eighth at his lone Grand Prix assignment, the2014 NHK Trophy, and finished sixth at the2015 U.S. Championships.

Starting the 2015–16 season again at theU.S. Classic, Miner won the bronze medal. On theGrand Prix, Miner was seventh atSkate America before winning the bronze medal with personal best scores at the2015 Rostelecom Cup. He was fifth at the2016 U.S. Championships, but was nevertheless named to the American team for the2016 Four Continents Championships, finishing fourteenth.

Miner was sixth at the2016 U.S. Classic, before finishing twelfth at the2016 Skate Canada International and ninth at the2016 Cup of China. He was fifth at the2017 U.S. Championships.

To begin what would be his final competitive season, Miner finished sixth at theAutumn Classic. He was given a secondChallenger assignment, and placed fifth at theFinlandia Trophy. Given oneGrand Prix assignment, he was sixth at the2017 Skate America. In his final competition, Miner had a striking return to form at the2018 U.S. Championships. Only sixth in the short program, he was second in the free skate, and took the silver medal.^[16] Despite his second-place finish, Miner was not named to theAmerican team for the2018 Winter Olympics inPyeongChang, with the second and third spots on the team going to bronze medalistVincent Zhou and pewter medalistAdam Rippon. This selection process was controversial, and Miner's coachMark Mitchell criticizedthe US Federation publicly.^[17][18]

Following his retirement from competition, Miner worked as a figure skating coach inBoston. In 2021, Miner was suspended from coaching for six months by theUnited States Center for SafeSport forsexual harassment.^[1] On March 31, 2022, the United States Center for SafeSport suspended Miner for another three months.^[19]

Results in the2010–11 season 

Date	Event	SP		FS		Total
		P	Score	P	Score	P	Score
Oct 21–24, 2010	2010 NHK Trophy	7	64.85	10	121.77	9	186.62
Nov 5–7, 2010	2010 Cup of China	6	67.10	8	130.03	7	197.13
Jan 22–30, 2011	2011 U.S. Championships	6	67.99	2	156.36	3	224.35
Apr 24 – May 1, 2011	2011 World Championships	13	70.40	11	147.53	11	217.93

Results in the2011–12 season 

Date	Event	SP		FS		Total
		P	Score	P	Score	P	Score
Oct 27–30, 2011	2011 Skate Canada International	9	60.83	5	141.53	6	202.36
Nov 11–13, 2011	2011 NHK Trophy	6	71.12	4	141.24	3	212.36
Jan 22–29, 2012	2012 U.S. Championships	4	78.90	3	151.42	3	230.32
Feb 7–12, 2012	2012 Four Continents Championships	6	76.89	4	146.34	3	223.23

Results in the2012–13 season 

Date	Event	SP		FS		Total
		P	Score	P	Score	P	Score
Sep 13–16, 2012	2012 U.S. International Classic	2	69.09	3	144.35	3	213.44
Oct 26–28, 2012	2012 Skate Canada International	8	69.41	4	144.19	5	213.60
Nov 22–25, 2012	2012 NHK Trophy	4	73.41	3	161.96	3	235.37
Jan 19–27, 2013	2013 U.S. Championships	2	80.99	2	170.30	2	251.29
Feb 8–11, 2013	2013 Four Continents Championships	9	74.01	7	140.35	9	214.36
Mar 11–17, 2013	2013 World Championships	14	70.24	13	141.66	14	211.90

Results in the2013–14 season 

Date	Event	SP		FS		Total
		P	Score	P	Score	P	Score
Oct 3–5, 2013	2013 Ondrej Nepela Trophy	3	74.28	4	136.59	4	210.87
Oct 24–27, 2013	2013 Skate Canada International	10	66.71	8	130.18	9	196.89
Jan 5–12, 2014	2014 U.S. Championships	8	71.94	6	152.87	7	224.81
Mar 23–25, 2014	2014 Gardena Spring Trophy	2	71.14	2	138.94	2	210.08

Results in the2014–15 season 

Date	Event	SP		FS		Total
		P	Score	P	Score	P	Score
Sep 11–14, 2014	2012 U.S. International Classic	3	67.06	2	142.72	2	209.78
Oct 15–16, 2014	2014 CS Autumn Classic International	1	80.24	1	147.02	1	227.26
Nov 28–30, 2014	2014 NHK Trophy	10	63.36	7	142.00	7	205.36
Jan 18–25, 2015	2015 U.S. Championships	6	82.25	6	167.03	6	249.28

Results in the2015–16 season 

Date	Event	SP		FS		Total
		P	Score	P	Score	P	Score
Sep 16–20, 2015	2015 CS U.S. International Classic	1	74.66	5	135.37	3	209.93
Oct 23–25, 2015	2015 Skate America	2	78.96	8	136.15	7	215.11
Nov 20–22, 2015	2015 Rostelecom Cup	3	85.36	4	163.56	3	248.92
Jan 16–24, 2016	2016 U.S. Championships	2	90.90	6	157.11	5	248.01
Feb 16–21, 2016	2016 Four Continents Championships	17	58.17	12	132.85	14	191.12

Results in the2016–17 season 

Date	Event	SP		FS		Total
		P	Score	P	Score	P	Score
Sep 14–18, 2016	2016 CS U.S. International Classic	8	71.37	6	143.11	6	214.48
Oct 28–30, 2016	2016 Skate Canada International	11	63.92	12	132.61	12	196.53
Nov 18–20, 2016	2016 Cup of China	6	76.73	8	136.61	9	213.34
Jan 14–22, 2017	2017 U.S. Championships	2	88.67	8	151.67	5	240.35

Results in the2017–18 season 

Date	Event	SP		FS		Total
		P	Score	P	Score	P	Score
Sep 20–23,2017	2017 CS Autumn Classic International	8	69.84	6	150.12	6	219.96
Oct 6–8, 2017	2017 CS Finlandia Trophy	7	71.64	4	162.08	5	233.72
Nov 24–26, 2017	2017 Skate America	8	71.59	5	148.03	6	219.62
Dec 29, 2017 – Jan 8, 2018	2018 U.S. Championships	6	88.91	2	185.60	2	274.51

Results in the 2007–08 season 

Date	Event	SP		FS		Total
		P	Score	P	Score	P	Score
Mar 29–30, 2008	2008 Gardena Spring Trophy	2	50.60	3	92.57	2	143.17

Results in the2008–09 season 

Date	Event	SP		FS		Total
		P	Score	P	Score	P	Score
Jan 18–25, 2009	2009 U.S. Championships (Junior)	1	66.62	2	117.18	1	183.80
Feb 23 – Mar 1, 2009	2009 World Junior Championships	9	59.15	9	105.65	10	164.80

Results in the2009–10 season 

Date	Event	SP		FS		Total
		P	Score	P	Score	P	Score
Sep 3–4, 2009	2009 JGP United States	1	63.82	1	116.13	1	179.95
Oct 7–11, 2009	2009 JGP Croatia	2	66.86	2	129.22	2	196.08
Dec 3–6, 2009	2009–10 JGP Final	2	70.85	4	125.24	3	196.09

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