Verena Bentele

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Verena Bentele is a German former Paralympic biathlete and cross-country skier who became a prominent politician and disability rights advocate.

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instanceOf Paralympic athlete
biathlete
cross-country skier
disability rights activist
human
politician
appointedBy Angela Merkel NERFINISHED
awardReceived Laureus World Sports Award NERFINISHED
Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany NERFINISHED
competitionClass B1
countryOfCitizenship Federal Republic of Germany NERFINISHED
Germany
dateOfBirth 1982-02-28
disability visual impairment
familyName Bentele NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork disability policy
social policy
givenName Verena NERFINISHED
isBlind true
languageSpoken German
memberOf Sozialverband VdK Deutschland NERFINISHED
memberOfPoliticalParty Social Democratic Party of Germany NERFINISHED
name Verena Bentele NERFINISHED
nationality German
occupation disability rights advocate
motivational speaker
politician
paralympicGoldMedals multiple
paralympicMedalistIn biathlon
cross-country skiing
paralympicSport Paralympic biathlon
Paralympic cross-country skiing
paralympicTotalMedals multiple
participatedIn 1998 Winter Paralympics NERFINISHED
2002 Winter Paralympics
2006 Winter Paralympics NERFINISHED
2010 Winter Paralympics NERFINISHED
placeOfBirth Bavaria NERFINISHED
Lindau (Bodensee) NERFINISHED
West Germany NERFINISHED
positionHeld Federal Government Commissioner for Matters relating to Persons with Disabilities NERFINISHED
President of Sozialverband VdK Deutschland
representedCountry Germany NERFINISHED
residence Germany
retiredFromSport 2011
sexOrGender female
sport biathlon
cross-country skiing

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Verena hasNotableNamesake Verena Bentele