Maikel Benner (born 24 March 1980) is a Dutch former professional

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player. Benner represented the

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at the

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where he and his team became sixth.

External links

Benner at the Dutch Olympic Archive
1980 births Living people Baseball players at the 2004 Summer Olympics Baseball players from South Holland Olympic baseball players for the Netherlands Dutch baseball players Sportspeople from Schiedam DOOR Neptunus players ADO players L&D Amsterdam Pirates players 2003 European Baseball Championship players 2003 Baseball World Cup players 2005 European Baseball Championship players 2006 World Baseball Classic players {{Netherlands-baseball-bio-stub