Gretchen Bleiler (born on April 10, 1981 in Toledo, Ohio) is a professional snowboarder. She first started snowboarding in 1992 and began competing professionally in 1996. In 2003, she was a U.S. snowboard Grand Prix champion, an X Games champion, a U.S. Open of snowboarding champion, and a Triple Crown of Snowboarding champion.
Bleiler gives her hometown as Aspen, Colorado. Bleiler posed for the February 2004 issue of FHM, along with fellow snowboarder Tara Dakides and sportscaster Jamie Little.
Bleiler, who barely missed qualifying for the 2002 Winter Olympics due to a tiebreaker, won a silver medal in the women’s halfpipe at the 2006 Winter Olympics.
Source: Wikipedia contributors (2006). Gretchen Bleiler. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 18:12, April 11, 2006.
Gretchen Bleiler’s Olympic Profile
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