Category | Technical official Date of Birth | 05.10.1931 Date of Death | 28.12.2020 Country | Bulgaria
Highlights
Basketball referee from 1950
FIBA referee (1958-1983)
Officiated more than 440 international games and finals: FIBA World Championships and European Championships, African Championships, Asian Championships, Korac Cups, Ronchetti Cups, Final Fours, etc.
Since 1980: FIBA International Instructor, conducted 336 FIBA and other International Clinics for referees, commissioners and instructors in 116 countries
FIBA Commissioner (1983 – 2007)
Member of FIBA Technical Commission since 1976
Vice-President Technical Commission FIBA Europe (1996-2004)
Official FIBA Interpreter of the Rules (1992 -2005)
10 Olympic Games participations
Author of 2 books on Basketball officiating and more than 20 articles in various sport magazines, Manuals for Commissioners, Manuals for National instructors, etc.
As a player: basketball team of French College (1946-1949)
Graduated from 2-year school for talented players (1950-52)
Captain of the basketball team of the Technical Univesity in Sofia (1949-1954)
Distinctions & Recognitions
Honorary National Referee in Bulgaria (1958)
FIBA/FFBA CUP for ""BEST REFEREE IN EUROPE"" (1962)
Honorary FIBA referee (1976)
Golden Whistle as best referee in Bulgaria
FIBA Cup - "Radomir Shaper" (2000)
FIBA Basketball Oscar (2002)
Honorary President of the Bulgarian Referees’ Association (2005)
FIBA Africa ""Äbd-El-Azem Ashry"" Cup (2006)
Honorary Citizen of Sofia
6 highest Bulgarian professional awards for his projects/medals