Lahcène Benhamida
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Lahcène Benhamida
- Bats Right, Throws Right
Lahcène Benhamida played baseball for Team France and with the Montpellier Barracudas from 1985-2005, when he retired.
Benhamida batted .214/.290/.286 for France in the 1993 Intercontinental Cup and fielded .943 at second base. He went one for nine in the 1994 Baseball World Cup. He hit .391/.444/.478 in the 1995 European Championship. He hit .263/.417/.263 in the 1997 Intercontinental Cup, leading the French starters in OBP. He was 1 for 9 with 5 walks in the 1999 European Championship as France's starting second baseman.
Benhamida coached for France in the 2003 Baseball World Cup.
He returned to Division Elite in 2008 with the Templiers de Senart as an infielder, hitting .252/.381/.315 with 34 runs in 44 games. He only made one error in 43 contests at second base. He was worse in the 2008 European Cup in Regensburg, going 1 for 13 with 2 walks and 3 errors in 5 games.
Now (2009), Benhamida is the co-owner of Lace Baseball, the official equipment supplier to the FFBS, and to several teams in France and Europe.
[edit] Personal info
His wife's name is Marie; she is a dancer. Lahcène listed her as his greatest supporter during a recent interview. He met his wife at the Creps in Montpellier (a regional sports education center, the (Centre régional d'éducation populaire et de sport) in French). His daughter Jade was born February 27, 2003 at 2:33pm.
He also loves the number 12, worn by one of his favorite players, Roberto Alomar. taken from [1]
Sources:
http://www.ffbsc.org/edit.asp?typ=1&id=1217,
http://www.legionaere.de/eurocup/teams/detail/?id=8,
http://www.templiers-senart.com/Elite/Roster/tabid/78/Default.aspx, Defunct IBAF site, http://competition.baseballeurope.com/2008/regensburg/games/fra.htm
http://pyxis.montpellier-agglo.com/fr/internet/harmonie/archives_article.php?id_magazine=39&id_numero=53&id_categorie=2&id_souscategorie=4&id_article=710
