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.
Carla de Liefde was one of the Netherlands' most talented female basketball players ever. She played her whole career at Basketball Oud-Beijerland (BOB), which was founded by her mother, Carla de Liefde-Ravelli. While she was with BOB they won the Dutch national championship and reached the semi finals of the European Cup.
During the '70s she was also part of the European women's basketball team. She had 185 caps for the Dutch national team, which is currently the second position behind leader Anita Blangé (222). She was once crowned European female basketball player of the year.
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. 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. A few weeks later Carla Benschop died, at the age of 56.
Oud-Beijerland
Oud-Beijerland is a town and municipality in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. With a population of 23,797 in 2005, it is the most populated town on the Hoekse Waard island, located on the Oude Maas and Spui Rivers....
- 22 September 2006, Rotterdam
Rotterdam
Rotterdam is the second-largest city in the Netherlands and one of the largest ports in the world. Starting as a dam on the Rotte river, Rotterdam has grown into a major international commercial centre...
) was a Dutch
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
basketball
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
player.
Carla de Liefde was one of the Netherlands' most talented female basketball players ever. She played her whole career at Basketball Oud-Beijerland (BOB), which was founded by her mother, Carla de Liefde-Ravelli. While she was with BOB they won the Dutch national championship and reached the semi finals of the European Cup.
During the '70s she was also part of the European women's basketball team. She had 185 caps for the Dutch national team, which is currently the second position behind leader Anita Blangé (222). She was once crowned European female basketball player of the year.
After her sports career she became a physical education
Physical education
Physical education or gymnastics is a course taken during primary and secondary education that encourages psychomotor learning in a play or movement exploration setting....
teacher at several secondary schools. In 1990 she married Wim Benschop, also a former basketball player. 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. 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.