Bibian Mentel

Dutch snowboarder

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.

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)
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][1]
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

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 change

  1. Formerly "IPC Snowboard Championships"

References change

  1. "Bibian Mentel - Zo Doen We Dat". web.archive.org. 12 March 2018. Archived from the original on 12 March 2018. Retrieved 25 August 2021.
  2. "Geen behandelplan meer mogelijk voor Bibian Mentel na nieuwe uitzaaiingen". NU.nl (in Dutch). 5 March 2021. Retrieved 5 March 2021.
  3. Bibian Mentel (48), drievoudig paralympisch kampioene snowboarden, overleden , NOS, Dutch, published 29 March 2021