Bibian Mentel

Bibian Mentel
Mentel in 2013
Personal information
Full nameBibian Mentel-Spee
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)[1]
Medal record
Women's para snowboarding
Representing  Netherlands
Winter Paralympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2014 Sochi Snowboard cross
Gold medal – first place 2018 PyeongChang Snowboard cross
Gold medal – first place 2018 PyeongChang Banked slalom
World Championships[a][2]
Gold medal – first place 2012 Orcières Boardercross
Gold medal – first place 2015 La Molina Banked slalom
Gold medal – first place 2015 La Molina Snowboard cross
Gold medal – first place 2017 Big White Banked slalom
Gold medal – first place 2017 Big White Snowboard cross

Bibian Mentel-Spee (27 September 1972 – 29 March 2021) was a Dutch three-fold Winter Paralympics gold-medalist, and five-times world champion para-snowboarding athlete. 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, despite battling cancer nine times since the beginning of the century. She won her 2018 medals at age 45.

Mentel co-wrote two books about her life, career, and struggles with cancer, and set up her own "Mentelity" foundation.

In 2012, Mentel was invested as a knight of the Order of Orange-Nassau.

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