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Gretchen Bleiler

Sport: Snowboarding

Age: 26

Residence: Snowmass Village, Colo.

Height: 5-6

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
2006 FIS World Cup 1st Place, Saas Fe, Switzerland
2006 Olympic silver medalist
2006 Overall Grand Prix Champion; won four of the five Grand Prix events determining Olympic team
2005 X Games and Gravity Games Gold Medalist
2005 US Open Halfpipe Champion
FIS World Cup 1st Place, Bardonecchia, Italy
Eight straight wins in 2003
2003 X Games Halfpipe Gold Medalist
2003 US Open Champion
Won 2003 Overall Grand Prix Title
One of only four females invited to coveted 2003 Arctic Challenge
2002 and 2003 Vans Triple Crown Overall Title Winner
Won 2003 World SuperPipe Championships

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 also posed for the February 2004 issue of FHM, along with fellow snowboarder Tara Dakides and sportscaster Jamie Little.

AWARDS:
Voted 2006 Female Snowboarder of the Year at FUEL TV’s inaugural Action Sports Awards
Nominated for 2006 ESPY Award
Won 2004 Colorado Female Athlete of the Year Award
Earned Transworld Snowboarding’s Reader’s Choice Award in 2004
Nominated for 2004 Laureus “Female Action Sports Athlete” Award
Named Snowboarder and Transworld Snowboarding 2003 “Female Rider of the Year”

SPONSORS
Oakley, K2, Aspen/Snowmass, Grenade Gloves, Giro, US Snowboarding, Napster, 24-Hour Fitness, Blackberry Pearl, Dunkin Donuts