Gretchen Bleiler

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Gretchen Bleiler Snowboard
Gretchen Bleiler (2010)
nation United StatesUnited States United States
birthday April 10, 1981
place of birth Toledo
Career
status active
Medal table
Olympic games 0 × gold 1 × silver 0 × bronze
World Cup medals 0 × gold 0 × silver 1 × bronze
X-Games 4 × gold 1 × silver 0 × bronze
Olympic rings winter Olympics
silver 2006 Turin halfpipe
Snowboard world championships
bronze 2012 Oslo halfpipe
Winter X Games logo X-Games
gold 2003 Aspen halfpipe
gold 2005 Aspen halfpipe
silver 2007 Aspen halfpipe
gold 2008 Aspen halfpipe
gold 2010 Aspen halfpipe
Placements
FIS logo World cup
 Debut in the World Cup February 6, 1999
 World Cup victories 5
 Overall World Cup 24th ( 2006/07 )
 Freestyle World Cup 11. ( 2013/14 )
 Halfpipe World Cup 5th ( 2006/07 )
 Podium placements 1. 2. 3.
 halfpipe 5 3 5
TTR logo TTR World Snowboard Tour
 Overall rating 18th (2011/12)
 Halfpipe rating 3rd (2013/14)
last change: April 21, 2015

Gretchen Bleiler (born April 10, 1981 in Toledo , Ohio ) is an American professional snowboarder .

Career

Gretchen Bleiler started snowboarding in 1992 and became a professional athlete in 1996. In 2002 she narrowly missed qualifying for the US Olympic team. In 2003 she won eight competitions in a row, including the Winter X-Games , the US Snowboard Grand Prix and the World Superpipe Championship, as well as the overall World Cup. After missing a season due to injury, she returned in 2005. In 2006 she won four out of five World Cup competitions and again won the overall World Cup. At the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin , she won the silver medal in the halfpipe competition behind Hannah Teter . In 2008 she won the Winter X Games again. In January 2014, she announced her retirement from active professional sports.

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personal data
SURNAME Bleiler, Gretchen
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American snowboarder
DATE OF BIRTH April 10, 1981
PLACE OF BIRTH Toledo , Ohio, United States