FIBA Hall of Fame
    Eduardo AIRALDI RIVAROLA (PER)

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    2007
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    Category | Contributor Date of Birth | 11.01.1922 Date of Death | 05.03.1922 Country | Peru

    Highlights

    • 1943 Champion of the South American Championship as a player of the Peruvian National Team

    • Coached in the Peruvian 1st Division, 2nd Division and 3rd Division

    • International referee: Called in the 1950 Buenos Aires World Championship and in the 1954 Rio de Janeiro World Championship, where he refereed the Final between the U.S.A. and Brazil

    • President of the Technical Commission of the Peruvian Basketball Federation

    • Secretary of the Peruvian Basketball Federation

    • President of the Peruvian Basketball Federation

    • Member of the Peruvian Olympic Committee

    • Secretary General of COPABA (current FIBA Americas): 1975-1992

    • Member of the Commission for International Organization of FIBA

    • Member of the FIBA Central Board

    Distinctions & Recognitions

    • IOC’s Olympic Order

    • Laureles Deportivos del Perú (top sports distinction in his country, awarded by the Peruvian Government)