Carla Benschop Explained

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]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Carla Benschop (56) overleden . 25 September 2006 . Carla Benschop (56) passed away . . nl . 11 April 2018 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070311014950/http://www.nos.nl/nos/artikelen/2006/09/art000001C6E08A576EDE3E.html . 11 March 2007.
2. Web site: Geschiedenis . History . BOB Basketball . nl . 11 April 2018 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070310234403/http://www.bob-basketball.nl/index.cfm?url=main&pagnr=102 . 10 March 2007.
3. News: Basketbal: Carla Benschop overleden . 25 September 2006 . . nl . 11 April 2018.
4. News: RSG in rouw na overlijden oud-docente . 8 February 2007 . RSG in mourning after the death of a former teacher . . nl . 11 April 2018 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070312064229/http://www.ad.nl/rotterdam/hoeksewaard/article657843.ece . 12 March 2007.
5. Web site: Carla Benschop-de Liefde overleden . . nl . 11 April 2018 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070310150911/http://www.basketball.nl/actueel/index.php?Jaar=2006&ID=579 . 10 March 2007.