Carla Benschop

Carla Ida Benschop-de Liefde was a Dutch basketball player.
Benschop was one of the Netherlands' most talented female basketball players ever. She played her whole career at Basketball Oud-Beijerland, 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 Netherlands national women's [basketball team|Dutch national team], which is currently the second position behind leader Anita Blangé. 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.

Trivia

Benschop won her 185 caps at a time when women's national basketball teams played international tournaments only once every two years.