She won the silver medal in the women's 76 kg event at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.

[1] She and her younger sister, Korina, started taking Brazilian jiu-jitsu classes when she was four years old.

[2] She won several championships competing against boys as a youth wrestler, including becoming the first female to win the IKWF Illinois state title, in 2016.

[1][2][3][4] Blades and her sister, also a wrestler, attended Wyoming Seminary in Pennsylvania, the first American high school to have a girls wrestling program.

[5][6] Blades won the silver medal at the 2024 Summer Olympics, in the women's 76 kg weight class.