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Gretchen Bleiler
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The early decades of the twenty-first century brought professional snowboarding into sharper cultural focus, with halfpipe competition drawing a growing field of dedicated athletes. Gretchen Bleiler, born on April 10, 1981, was among the professionals who took part in that world, competing as a halfpipe snowboarder for the United States.
Bleiler pursued her career as an American professional in women's halfpipe snowboarding. The facts of her biography are spare but clear: a citizen of the United States, born in the spring of 1981, she worked at the professional level of her sport. That professional standing marks the verifiable contour of her athletic life.
Quotes by Gretchen Bleiler
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It's okay to feel nervous before a competition because it means you care about doing well.
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The first few years I was competing, I'd ride so well in practice, then choke and fall in competition. Now I take a deep breath and say, 'Look at me. I'm outside. I'm doing what I love.' Still, nothing's matched the pressure I felt standing at the top of the halfpipe for the first time at the Olympics.
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When you start to find balance, then you start to ask more important questions, like, 'Who am I really?' That's when you start seeing that every single person around you is a human being just doing the best that they can.
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We need more balance in the world - more balance of the feminine and the masculine.
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I like eating small meals frequently throughout the day, it helps me keep up my metabolism and get more out of my training.
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I grew up snowboarding in two of the best states for the sport: Colorado and Utah. The world-class ski mountains in these neighboring states were key factors that allowed me to represent our country in two Olympics and numerous X Games.
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