Zachary Miller
Sport: Para Snowboarding
Gold: 0 Silver: 0 Bronze: 0
Quick Facts
Birthday: March 10, 1999
Height: 5'8"
Age: 26
Hometown: Silverthorne, CO
Education: Homeschool Abeka Academy (Pensacola, Florida) ‘17 Devry University, Information Technology
Biography
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: 2025 – bronze (Banked Slalom - Lower Limb 2 Impaired - Men), 4th (Snowboard Cross - Lower Limb 2 Impaired - Men), 5th (Snowboard Cross Team Event - Mixed)
- Years of participation: Banked Slalom - Lower Limb 2 Impaired - Men 2017, 2019, 2022, 2025; Snowboard Cross - Lower Limb 2 Impaired - Men 2017, 2019, 2022, 2023, 2025; Snowboard Cross Team Event - Mixed 2025; Dual Banked Slalom - Lower Limb 2 Impaired - Men 2023; Dual Banked Slalom - Team - Men 2023; Snowboard Cross Team Event - Men 2019
- Medals: 7 (2 gold, 1 silver, 4 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 – 2025 (Banked Slalom - Lower Limb 2 Impaired - Men); 2023 (Snowboard Cross - Lower Limb 2 Impaired - Men); 2019 (Snowboard Cross - Lower Limb 2 Impaired - Men, Snowboard Cross Team Event - Men)
