Verena Bentele

Verena Bentele
Bentele in 2013
Personal information
NationalityGerman
Born (1982-02-28) 28 February 1982 (age 42)
Lindau, Bavaria, West Germany
Sport
Country Germany
SportBiathlon, Cross-country skiing
Coached byWerner Nauber
Retired2011

Verena Bentele (born 28 February 1982, in Lindau) is a blind German Paralympic biathlete and cross-country skier. She studied at the Carl-Strehl Schule, a special school for the blind and partially sighted in Marburg, Germany. She won her first Paralympic medals (one gold, two silver, one bronze) at the 1998 Winter Paralympics, followed by four gold medals at the 2002 Winter Paralympics, as well as two gold and one bronze medal at the 2006 Winter Paralympics.[1] She was also winner of the Combined World Cup in Biathlon und Cross-Country in 2006.

  1. ^ "Verena Bentele". Paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee.