Ross Miner

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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.^[1]

Ross Miner
Miner at the 2009–10 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 (2012–13)
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

Personal life

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

Career

Early career

Ross Miner began skating at the age of three.^[2] When he was 12, he began training at the Skating 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 and Peter 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 the 2007 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 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 2008–09 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^[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 the 2009 World Junior Championships,^[8] where he placed tenth.

Miner won the bronze medal at the 2009–10 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 a triple Axel.^[4][9] He was forced to withdraw from the event and also missed the Junior Worlds that season.

Senior career

During the 2010–11 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.^[10] 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.^[11]

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.^[12] At the 2013 U.S. Championships, Miner finished second, behind champion Max Aaron.^[13][14]

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.^[15] He was seventh at the 2014 U.S. Championships.

Miner began the 2014–15 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 2015–16 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.^[16] 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.^[17][18]

Coaching

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.^[1] On March 31, 2022, the United States Center for SafeSport suspended Miner for another three months.^[19]

Programs

Miner at the 2016 U.S.Championships

Miner at the 2011 Skate Canada

Miner at the 2011 World Championships

Season	Short program	Free skating	Exhibition
2016–2017 [20]	New York State of Mind by Billy Joel	Queen medley: Somebody to Love Love of my Life Crazy Little Thing Called Love
2015–2016 [21]	New York State of Mind by Billy Joel choreo. by Jamie Isley	Queen medley: Who Wants to Live Forever Too Much Love Will Kill You choreo. by Lori Nichol	(Another Song) All Over Again by Justin Timberlake
2014–2015 [22]	The Way We Were by Marvin Hamlisch	Romanza by Andrea Bocelli
2013–2014 [23]	The Way We Were by Marvin Hamlisch	Glory by Michael W. Smith
2012–2013 [24][25]	Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini by Sergei Rachmaninoff choreo. by Catarina Lindgren	Captain Blood by Erich Korngold choreo. by Tom Dickson
2011–2012 [26]	Para Ti by Jorge Sanchez	The Untouchables by Ennio Morricone
2010–2011 [27]	Salsa Mix (Para Ti) by Jorge Gomez	Casablanca: As Time Goes By by Max Steiner	Born to Run by Bruce Springsteen
2009–2010 [28]	A Carmen Fantasy for Trumpet and Orchestra Carmen by Georges Bizet	Adiós Nonino Libertango by Ástor Piazzolla
2008–2009 [29][30]	Bonanza by David Rose Cotton-Eyed Joe by Rednex	I've Got Rhythm Someone to Watch Over Me Nice Work If You Can Get It by George Gershwin	Crazy Little Thing Called Love by Queen
2007–2008 [30]	Hawaii 5-0 by The Ventures Wipe Out by The Surfaris	I've Got Rhythm Someone to Watch Over Me Nice Work If You Can Get It by George Gershwin

Competitive highlights

Miner at the 2012 NHK Trophy

Miner at the 2009–10 Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final

• GP – Event of the ISU Grand Prix Series
• JGP – Event of the ISU Junior Grand Prix Series
• CS – Event of the ISU Challenger Series
• WD – Withdrew from competition

Competition placements at senior level ^[31][30]

Season	2010–11	2011–12	2012–13	2013–14	2014–15	2015–16	2016–17	2017–18
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

Competition placements at junior level ^[31][30]

Season	2007–08	2008–09	2009–10
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 results

ISU personal best scores in the +3/-3 GOE System 

Segment	Type	Score	Event
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

Senior level

Results in the 2010–11 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 the 2011–12 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 the 2012–13 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 the 2013–14 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 the 2014–15 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 the 2015–16 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 the 2016–17 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 the 2017–18 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

Junior level

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 the 2008–09 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 the 2009–10 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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External links

• Ross Miner at the International Skating Union
• Ross Miner at SkatingScores
• Ross Miner at IceNetwork