In Memoriam - R.I.P. Bibian MENTEL-SPEE (27 Sep. 1972 – 29 Mar. 2021), Dutch snowboarder. She was a three-fold Winter Paralympics gold-medalist, and five-times world champion para-snowboarding athlete. Bibian Mentel won the
![The funeral of Bibian Mentel, a champion Dutch snowboarder who lost her lower right leg to cancer, then returned to the sport a few months later and dominated it for the next The funeral of Bibian Mentel, a champion Dutch snowboarder who lost her lower right leg to cancer, then returned to the sport a few months later and dominated it for the next](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2F6XGWE/the-funeral-of-bibian-mentel-a-champion-dutch-snowboarder-who-lost-her-lower-right-leg-to-cancer-then-returned-to-the-sport-a-few-months-later-and-dominated-it-for-the-next-16-years-died-on-monday-she-was-48-she-leaves-her-partner-edwin-spee-her-son-julian-and-her-two-stepdaughters-laila-and-annabella-behind-photo-by-dppasipa-usa-2F6XGWE.jpg)
The funeral of Bibian Mentel, a champion Dutch snowboarder who lost her lower right leg to cancer, then returned to the sport a few months later and dominated it for the next
![Bibian Mentel-Spee dead at 48: Champion Paralympic snowboarder loses brave 20-year battle with cancer | The US Sun Bibian Mentel-Spee dead at 48: Champion Paralympic snowboarder loses brave 20-year battle with cancer | The US Sun](https://www.the-sun.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2021/03/8c05e0a3-6e96-403a-bd62-4130d8b29983.jpg?crop=695px%2C795px%2C1392px%2C928px&resize=1920%2C1440)
Bibian Mentel-Spee dead at 48: Champion Paralympic snowboarder loses brave 20-year battle with cancer | The US Sun
![Bibian MENTEL-SPEE | Snowboard cross | Snowboard | PyeongChang2018 Paralympic Winter Games - YouTube Bibian MENTEL-SPEE | Snowboard cross | Snowboard | PyeongChang2018 Paralympic Winter Games - YouTube](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/w0aXRokjeZg/maxresdefault.jpg)
Bibian MENTEL-SPEE | Snowboard cross | Snowboard | PyeongChang2018 Paralympic Winter Games - YouTube
![Adults already know 'I can't do that, that's to hard for me' and children are just like: 'OK, we wil Adults already know 'I can't do that, that's to hard for me' and children are just like: 'OK, we wil](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/0e5444_7d0625d3c7d14394bcf790d2e603734b~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_1000,h_722,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01/0e5444_7d0625d3c7d14394bcf790d2e603734b~mv2.jpg)