Gretchen Bleiler

Gretchen Bleiler was born in Toledo, Ohio; she moved at the age of 10 to Aspen, Colorado, where she learned snowboard. Gretchen was silver medalist at the 2006 Turin Olympics and won four times the X-Games. She won also gold at the 2008 Winter Dew Tour Superpipe. She was the first action sports female on the cover of ESPN magazine.http://www.aspensnowmass.com/onmountain/pipesandparks/teamaspensnowmass

Her hobbies are surfing in warm tropical places, yoga, reading, mountain biking and designing apparel. She is an active spokesperson in climate change, She is member of Aspen Valley Snowboard Club. http://www.gretchenbleiler.com/bio/

I made my childhood dream of going to the Olympics come true through snowboarding, travel and learn about the world and my role in it through snowboarding, and because of snowboarding have lived experiences I never even dreamed of….and I’m a big dreamer!

With only two weeks before the Olympics, she added the fourth X-Games in her successful career.http://www.examiner.com/x-35933-Womens-Sports-Examiner~y2010m2d1-Olympian-Gretchen-Bleiler-earns-fourth-Gold-Medal-at-Winter-X-Games-en-route-to-Vancouver-video She participated in the Olympic Ladies Halfpipe competition on Feb. 18, 12:30 PM PST and was ranked 11th. The event took place at Cypress Mountain. Other halfpipe American competitors were Kelly Clark (bronze), Elena Hight (10th) and Hannah Teter (silver). Based on the Olympics results four years ago, the U.S. team was favorite in the snowboarding competitions. Bleiler fell in the first run when she tried her 720 and fell on the second run when the tip of the board caught the lip.
Thanks for all the love and support leading up to and at the Olympics. Now it's time to find some pow and some surf! (Gretchen on Twitter)