Personal
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)