# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/verena-bentele
# Generated: 2026-08-13T19:55:44.595Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/verena-bentele"
name: "Verena Bentele"
slug: "verena-bentele"
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 and 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."
tagline: "German paralympic biathlete and politician (SPD)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/2023-03-06_Verena_Bentele_0912.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1982-02-28"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  historical:           14.8327
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "nm1519464"
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    url:       "https://verena-bentele.com/"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump