page_title: Verena Bentele
hierarchical_section_title: Verena Bentele
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Verena Bentele, Behindertenbeauftrage der Bundesregierung, zu Gast bei der CDU/CSU-Bundestagsfraktion während eines Fachgespräches zum Thema Behindertenpolitik am 19. Mai 2014
context_page_description: Verena Bentele is a blind German Paralympic biathlete and cross-country skier. She studied at the Carl-Strehl Schule, a special school for the blind und partially sighted in Marburg, Germany. She won her first Paralympic medals at the 1998 Winter Paralympics, followed by four gold medals at the 2002 Winter Paralympics, as well as two gold and one bronze medal at the 2006 Winter Paralympics
  She was also winner of the Combined World Cup in Biathlon und Cross-Country in 2006.
context_section_description: Verena Bentele (born February 28, 1982 in Lindau) is a blind German Paralympic biathlete and cross-country skier. She studied at the Carl-Strehl Schule, a special school for the blind und partially sighted in Marburg, Germany. She won her first Paralympic medals (one gold, two silver, one bronze) at the 1998 Winter Paralympics, followed by four gold medals at the 2002 Winter Paralympics, as well as two gold and one bronze medal at the 2006 Winter Paralympics
  She was also winner of the Combined World Cup in Biathlon und Cross-Country in 2006.
caption: Bentele in 2013
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