During high school, Gentile was an executive for Amputees in Motion and met people with amputations as an Orthopaedic Hospital volunteer.

[6] In 1983, Gentile was selected to work on a proposed project to provide disabled skiing therapy for patients at the Orthopaedic Hospital.

[12] At the 1990 World Disabled Ski Championships, Gentile won gold in the women's combined and downhill events for above knee amputees.

[15] For the 1988 Winter Olympics, Gentile initially did not receive a spot for the disabled giant slalom event as she finished below the five qualifiers at the World Championship that year.

[16][17] Gentile won a silver medal in the giant slalom competition when disabled skiing was an Olympic demonstration sport.