Carla Benschop

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.

Trivia
  • Benschop won her 185 caps at a time when women's national basketball teams played international tournaments only once every two years.[5]
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References
  1. "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. "Geschiedenis" [History]. BOB Basketball (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 10 March 2007. Retrieved 11 April 2018.
  3. "Basketbal: Carla Benschop overleden". De Gelderlander (in Dutch). 25 September 2006. Retrieved 11 April 2018.
  4. "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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