Category | Technical official Date of Birth | 02.02.1923 Date of Death | 22.03.2016 Country | France
Highlights
Started his career as a referee for the French Basketball Federation in 1949 and officiated until 1974
Refereed 14 finals of the French Championship
Refereed hundreds of other matches in France
International referee from 1954 to 1974
Ranked among the global top ten of referees for ten years
Officiated eight matches at the 1956 Olympic Games.
Called in 236 international games : Refereed the Olympic Final for Men in Melbourne (1956) Refereed either at the World Championship for Men in Santiago, Chile (1959) Refereed at the European Championship for Men three times Refereed at the European Championship for Women two times Refereed at the pre-European Championships six times Called in four USA-USSR games for Men and nine for Women Called in one game between USA-Europe in 1972 Refereed 35 games in the European Cup for Men’s Champions clubs and six for Women (with two Finals in 1968 & 1969) Refereed at the Moscow Games (1957) Refereed at the Maccabiah Games (1957 & 1961) Refereed at the Friendship Games in Dakar (1963) Refereed at the South Pacific Games in Noumea (1966) Refereed at the African Championship in Casablanca (1964) Refereed at the Mediterranean Games in Tunis (1963)
Member of the French Referee Technical Commission from 1950 to 1993
French Basketball Federation’s Technical Commissioner from 1975 to 2005
FIBA Technical Commissioner 71 times
Elected as a member of the French Basketball Academy (2004)
The only French referee to have officiated in an Olympic Final
As a player:
Champion of France with As Roanne in 1948
Distinctions & Recognitions
FIBA Silver Whistle (1975)
FIBA Order of Merit (1995)
Received the Gold Medal from the French Basketball Federation
Received the “Coq d’or” from the French Basketball Federation (2008)
Received a Silver medal of “the Youth and Sports”