Category | Contributor Date of Birth | 05.05.1910 Date of Death | 14.12.2004 Country | Spain
Highlights
Internationally known as the ‘Father of Mini-Basketball’, Anselmo López played, coached and managed basketball at all possible levels
Head coach of the Spanish Basketball National Team: 1947-1950
President of the Spanish Basketball Federation: 1966-1971
Member of the Spanish Olympic Committee: 1965
Vice President of the Spanish Olympic Committee: 1967-1971
Head of Mission of the Spanish Delegation in 4 Summer Olympic Games (Mexico 1968, Munich 1972, Montreal 1976 and Moscow 1980) and in the 1972 Sapporo Winter Olympic Games
Secretary General of the Spanish Olympic Committee: 1971-1986
Secretary General of the Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC): 1980-1981
Director of Olympic Solidarity of the IOC: 1980-1997
Treasurer of ANOC: 1981-1996
Vice President of the Organizing Committee of the 1982 FIFA World Championship in Spain
Distinctions & Recognitions
Gran Cruz de la Real Orden del Mérito Civil (top civil distinction in Spain, awarded by the Spanish Government): 1991
FIBA Order of Merit in 1994
Centenary Award of the Spanish Olympic Committee: 1994
Honorary Director of Olympic Solidarity: 1997-200
Olympic Spirit Prize, awarded by the Association of Spanish Olympic Sportsmen