Verena Bentele

Verena Bentele

Bentele in 2013
Personal information
Nationality	German
Born	(1982-02-28) 28 February 1982 (age 42) Lindau, Bavaria, West Germany
Sport
Country	Germany
Sport	Biathlon, Cross-country skiing
Coached by	Werner Nauber
Retired	2011
Medal record Representing  Germany Paralympic Games Women's biathlon 1998 Nagano 7.5km free technique B1 2002 Salt Lake City 7.5km free technique blind 2006 Turin 7.5km blind 2010 Vancouver 12.5km Individual visually impaired 2010 Vancouver 3km Pursuit visually impaired 2006 Turin 12.5km blind Women's cross-country skiing 2002 Salt Lake City 10km free technique B1-2 2002 Salt Lake City 15km free technique visually impaired 2002 Salt Lake City 5km classical technique B1 2006 Turin 5km blind visually impaired 2010 Vancouver 1km Sprint visually impaired 2010 Vancouver 15km visually impaired 2010 Vancouver 5km visually impaired 1998 Nagano 5km classical technique B1 1998 Nagano 5km free technique B1 1998 Nagano 3x2km relay open

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.