Carina Benninga

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Medal record
Carina Benninga
Women's Field Hockey
Competitor for the  Netherlands
Olympic Games
Gold	1984 Los Angeles	Team Competition
Bronze	1988 Seoul	Team Competition
Champions Trophy
Gold	1987 Amstelveen	Team Competition
Bronze	1991 Berlin	Team Competition

Carina Marguerite Benninga (born August 18, 1962 in Leiden, Zuid-Holland) is a former Dutch field hockey player, who played 158 international matches for The Netherlands, in which she scored 25 goals.

The dynamic midfielder played in the Dutch League for HDM, HGC en Amsterdam, and won the world title with Holland in 1990. Her older brother Marc also played international field hockey.

Benninga also captured the golden medal with her team at the 1984 Summer Olympics. Four years later she won bronze. At the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona she was the first woman from Holland to carry the flag at the opening ceremony.

Benninga became a hockey coach after her active career, and was in charge as assistant-coach for the United States, head coach of Alecto, Amsterdam and HC Klein Zwitserland.

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• Dutch Hockey Federation

	Dutch Women's Field Hockey Team - 1984 Olympic Games
Carina Benninga |  Det de Beus |  Fieke Boekhorst |  Marieke van Doorn |  Marjolein Eijsvogel |  Irene Hendriks |  Elsemiek Hillen |  Sandra Le Poole |  Aletta van Manen |  Anneloes Nieuwenhuizen |  Martine Ohr |  Alette Pos |  Lisette Sevens |  Sophie von Weiler  |  Laurien Willemse |  Margriet Zegers | Head Coach: Gijs van Heumen

	Dutch Women's Field Hockey Team - 1988 Olympic Games
Willemien Aardenburg |  Helen van der Ben |  Carina Benninga |  Det de Beus |  Yvonne Buter |  Marieke van Doorn |  Marjolein Eijsvogel |  Annemieke Fokke |  Noor Holsboer |  Lisanne Lejeune |  Aletta van Manen |  Anneloes Nieuwenhuizen |  Martine Ohr |  Sophie von Weiler  |  Laurien Willemse |  Ingrid Wolff | Head Coach: Gijs van Heumen