Carla Benschop
Carla Ida Benschop-de Liefde (20 March 1950, Oud-Beijerland - 22 September 2006, Rotterdam) was a Dutch basketball player.
Carla de Liefde 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.
Trivia
- Benschop won her 185 caps at a time when women's national basketball teams played international tournaments only once every two years.[5]
References
- 1 2 3 4 Carla Benschop (56) overleden Archived March 11, 2007, at the Wayback Machine., nos.nl
- 1 2 3 Geschiedenis BOB Basketball Archived March 10, 2007, at the Wayback Machine., bob-basketball.nl
- 1 2 Basketbal: Carla Benschop overleden, gelderlander.nl
- 1 2 3 RSG in rouw na overlijden oud-docente, ad.nl
- ↑ Carla Benschop-de Liefde overleden Archived March 10, 2007, at the Wayback Machine., basketball.nl