Bibian Mentel

Bibian Mentel

Mentel in 2013
Personal information
Full name	Bibian Mentel-Spee
Nationality	Dutch
Born	(1972-09-27)27 September 1972 Utrecht, Netherlands
Died	29 March 2021(2021-03-29) (aged 48) Loosdrecht, Netherlands
Years active	1996–2018
Website	bibianmentel.com
Sport
Country	Netherlands
Sport	alpine skiing
Disability class	SB-LL
Event(s)	Snowboard cross, Banked slalom
Coached by	Edwin Spee (husband)[1]
Medal record Women's para snowboarding Representing  Netherlands Winter Paralympic Games 2014 Sochi Snowboard cross 2018 PyeongChang Snowboard cross 2018 PyeongChang Banked slalom World Championships[a][2] 2012 Orcières Boardercross 2015 La Molina Banked slalom 2015 La Molina Snowboard cross 2017 Big White Banked slalom 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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