Arturo Ramírez

Biographical information

RolesReferee
SexMale
Full nameArturo•Ramírez Solano
Used nameArturo•Ramírez
Nick/petnamesel Caballero de las Duelas
Bornin ?, Michoacán (MEX)
Died9 May 2020 in Aguascalientes, Aguascalientes (MEX)
NOC Mexico

Biography

Basketball referee Arturo Ramírez officiated at all levels of the sport in his native Mexico as well as at international competitions and tournaments. In 1976 Ramírez was the referee in two matches in the men’s tournament at the Montréal Olympics. Eight years later he then refereed a further two women’s matches at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics. In 1998 he co-ordinated the creation of the Copa Oaxaca with the Raza Unida Basketball Club, which was used by talent scouts from universities in the United States to find new players.

Referee

Games Sport (Discipline) / Event NOC / Team Phase Unit Role As
1976 Summer Olympics Basketball (Basketball) MEX Arturo Ramírez
Basketball, Men (Olympic) Match #2 Italy — Australia Referee
Basketball, Men (Olympic) Match #5 Yugoslavia — Czechoslovakia Referee
1984 Summer Olympics Basketball (Basketball) MEX Arturo Ramírez
Basketball, Men (Olympic) Match #5 Brazil — Egypt Referee
Basketball, Women (Olympic) Match #9 People's Republic of China — Yugoslavia Referee
Basketball, Women (Olympic) Match #14 United States — Canada Referee