Category | Technical official Date of Birth | 08.03.1926 Date of Death | 07.05.2016 Country | Uruguay
Highlights
Began playing basketball: 1941
Started his career as a referee of the Uruguayan Basketball Federation: 1955
Refereed a total of 23 Uruguayan championships in the Senior and Junior categories: 1955-1984
International referee: 1963-1984
Called in 2 Olympic Games: Tokyo 1964 and Mexico 1968
Refereed in the Montevideo 1967 World Championships for Men
Called in the 1966 Invitational World Tournament in Santiago de Chile
Refereed in 2 World Championships for Women: São Paulo 1971 and Colombia 1975
Called in many other international tournaments and championships (first non-European referee to call in a European Championship -Moscow 1965-)
Director of the Uruguayan Training School of Referees: 1971-1992
FIBA International Referee Instructor: 1981-2005 (59 clinics in total)
President of the Technical Commission of the Uruguayan Basketball Federation since 1984
Member of the Technical Commission of FIBA: 1984-2006
Named President of the Technical Commission of COPABA (current FIBA Americas): 1992
Technical Commissioner in 4 consecutive Olympic Games: Barcelona 1992, Atlanta 1996, Sydney 2000 and Athens 2004
Technical Commissioner in many other international tournaments and championships
Distinctions & Recognitions
In 1984, upon his retirement, FIBA named him Honorary Referee
FIBA Order of Merit in 2006
Named Honorary Member of FIBA Americas in 2006