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Bibian Mentel will always be a little bit with us

Bibian Mentel will always be a little bit with us  

At 21:03 I received the notification from my NOS app: ‘Bibian Mentel (48), three-time Paralympic champion in snowboarding, has passed away.’ RTL followed with ‘the sportswoman everyone loved’ and that is exactly how it will remain. At Beau, Humberto Tan and Edwin Scherder joined to remember her. Ruben Annink closed the evening with his tribute to Bibian.

Bibian's husband Edwin reacted this morning to her passing via her Instagram. “Although Bibian was dying, the last weeks were among the most beautiful weeks of my life,” he writes. Edwin is proud that she was able to touch so many people.

It is almost unimaginable how much impression Bibian Mentel has made on people. Memories continue to pour in on social media. A small selection of the many reactions to Bibian's passing.

Chantal Janzen emphasizes the happiness she had to know her. She shares a photo of a beaming Bibian at Dancing With the Stars.

Humberto reacted at the table with Beau to Bibian's passing and immediately fulfilled his promise to her. He promised to commit to her Mentelity Foundation and did so right at the table. On Instagram, he leaves an ‘X’.

The first messages are also coming in from political The Hague. Hugo de Jonge sees Bibian as an example. Where others stopped, Bibian continued, he writes on social media. Mark Rutte also praises her positivity in a message on Twitter.

Samantha Steenwijk expresses how grateful she is that she was able to sit on the edge of your bed just last week. She writes about how much she learned from Bibian and that she will miss her forever.

And because it is Bibian's dearest and last wish: support the Mentelity Foundation. Text LEEF to 4004 and make her dream come true.