Born on 8th March 1926, in Buenos Aires, Argentina
Nationality: Uruguayan (moved to Uruguay with his family when he was just a child and has the Uruguayan citizenship)
Enshrined as a technical official in the FIBA Hall of Fame on 12th September 2007
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
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