Bibian Mentel
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About
Dutch snowboarder who won three gold medals at the Paralympic Winter Games after losing part of her leg to cancer. She was considered among the best snowboarders in the world. She died on March 29, 2021, at age 48.
Before Fame
In 1993, she gave up studying law to focus on snowboarding.
Trivia
She won the gold medal in the snowboard cross-discipline in the 2014 and 2018 Paralympic Winter Games, as well as in the banked slalom in 2018.
Family Life
She was married to Edwin Spee. She had a son named Julian van de Kamp. She had two stepdaughters named Laila and Annabella Spee.
Associated With
In 2019 she competed in the Dutch version of Dancing with the Stars, hosted by Chantal Janzen.