Medalist 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 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" Nominated for 2009 Teen Choice Awards "Other Action Sports Athlete – Female" Quotes "You don’t wake up and say: 'Today I’m going to be more creative. You do the things you love to do and try to get at their essence and allow things to emerge.'" Personal life Bleiler enjoys surfing, mountain biking, interior design and fashion. She is also active in several environmental organizations, including the Aspen Snomass Save Snow campaign, and stopglobalwarming.org. She lives in Aspen, Colorado and is married to Chris Hotell. References External links Gretchen Bleiler interview in frequency:The Snowboarder's Journal Gretchen's Official Website Gretchen Bleiler's U.S. Olympic Team bio ... with links to photo galleries, features Biography and interview at offthepodium.com Gretchen Bleiler on Go211.com Exclusive photos, videos and blogs submitted by Gretchen. Gretchen Bleiler Launches Signature Sports and Casual Apparel Line Gretchen Bleiler Signature Session at High Cascade Snowboard Camp American female snowboarders 1981 births Living people Snowboarders at the 2006 Winter Olympics Snowboarders at the 2010 Winter Olympics Olympic silver medalists for the United States in snowboarding Sportspeople from Aspen, Colorado X Games athletes Medalists at the 2006 Winter Olympics Sportspeople from Toledo, Ohio 21st-century American women