Bibian Mentel

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Bibian Mentel
Bibian Mentel-Spee.png
Mentel in 2013
Personal information
NationalityDutch
Born(1972-09-27)27 September 1972
Utrecht, Netherlands
Died29 March 2021(2021-03-29) (aged 48)
Loosdrecht, Netherlands
Years active1996–2018
Websitebibianmentel.com
Sport
CountryNetherlands
Sportalpine skiing
Disability classSB-LL
Event(s)Snowboard cross,
Banked slalom
Coached byEdwin Spee (husband)

Bibian Mentel-Spee (27 September 1972 – 29 March 2021) was a Dutch three-time Winter Paralympics gold-medalist. Mentel won the Paralympic gold medal in the snowboard cross discipline in the 2014 and 2018 Paralympic Winter Games, as well as in the banked slalom in 2018.

On 5 March 2021, it was announced that she had been diagnosed with terminal brain cancer.[2] Mentel died on 29 March 2021 from the disease, aged 48.[3]

Notes

  1. Formerly "IPC Snowboard Championships"

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