Carla Benschop

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Carla Ida Benschop-de Liefde (20 March 1950, Oud-Beijerland - 22 September 2006, Rotterdam) was a Dutch basketball player.

Benschop was one of the Netherlands' most talented female basketball players ever. [1] She played her whole career at Basketball Oud-Beijerland (BOB), which was founded by her mother, Carla de Liefde-Ravelli. [2] While she was with BOB they won the Dutch national championship and reached the semi-finals of the European Cup. [2]

During the '70s she was also part of the European women's basketball team. [1] She had 185 caps for the Dutch national team, which is currently the second position behind leader Anita Blangé (222). [1] [3] [4] She was once crowned European female basketball player of the year. [2]

After her sports career she became a physical education teacher at several secondary schools. In 1990 she married Wim Benschop, also a former basketball player. [1] [3] [4] She left the Rijksscholengemeenschap in Oud-Beijerland where she had worked for 25 years in the summer of 2006, shortly before she was diagnosed with a serious disease. [4] A few weeks later Carla Benschop died, at the age of 56.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Carla Benschop (56) overleden" [Carla Benschop (56) passed away]. NOS (in Dutch). 25 September 2006. Archived from the original on 11 March 2007. Retrieved 11 April 2018.
  2. 1 2 3 "Geschiedenis" [History]. BOB Basketball (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 10 March 2007. Retrieved 11 April 2018.
  3. 1 2 "Basketbal: Carla Benschop overleden". De Gelderlander (in Dutch). 25 September 2006. Retrieved 11 April 2018.
  4. 1 2 3 "RSG in rouw na overlijden oud-docente" [RSG in mourning after the death of a former teacher]. Algemeen Dagblad (in Dutch). 8 February 2007. Archived from the original on 12 March 2007. Retrieved 11 April 2018.
  5. ↑ "Carla Benschop-de Liefde overleden". Nederlandse Basketball Bond (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 10 March 2007. Retrieved 11 April 2018.


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