An accident when she was aged ten left Bloedel without the use of her legs.
She decided to ski whilst attending the University of Washington and joined the national team in 1987.
[1] She won gold medals at the National Championships in the US and Canada in 1991.
[1] At the 1992 Winter Paralympics Bloedel took a silver medal at Albertville in the Giant Slalom coming second to Marit Ruth whose time was 2:36:78.
[3] She became pregnant and retired from skiing to live with husband and children in Seattle.