Raimundo Saporta
Raimundo Saporta Namías (born December 16, 1926 in Paris , † February 2, 1997 in Madrid ) was a sports official at Real Madrid , the Spanish Basketball Federation (FEB) and FIBA .
career
Raimundo Saporta was born in Paris as the son of the Spaniard Jaime Saporta and the French Simone Nahmias. When France was occupied by German troops in the course of World War II , the Sephardic-Jewish family Saporta fled to Madrid in 1941 . In 1947 Raimundo Saporta began working as an official in the Spanish Basketball Federation, and a year later he was appointed vice-president.
real Madrid
In 1952, during the club's 50th anniversary celebrations, Santiago Bernabéu asked the Spanish Basketball Federation for an adviser to organize a basketball tournament. Impressed by the organizational skills of Saporta, the President of Real Madrid signed the only 27-year-old. At Real Madrid, he was particularly active in the basketball section, which rose to become the most successful team in Spain and Europe at the time, and became the club's treasurer. From 1962 until Santiago Bernabeu's death in 1978, he held the office of Vice President. Although the board proposed him as Bernabeu's successor, Saporta left the club afterwards. Under Ramón Mendoza, Saporta returned to the club in 1985, but resigned for health reasons in 1991.
Spanish Federation and FIBA
Despite his work at Real Madrid, Saporta did not stop his work for the Spanish Basketball Federation and FIBA . He was considered one of the main people responsible for the founding of the Spanish basketball league in 1956 and the European Cup of National Champions in 1957. Saporta was also a member of the organizing committee of the 1973 European Basketball Championship and the 1982 World Cup .
His death caused great sadness in the national and international basketball scene. The European Cup Winners' Cup was renamed the Saporta Cup in his honor , and the then Real Madrid basketball arena in Pabellón Raimundo Saporta .
In 2007 he was inducted into the FIBA Hall of Fame as one of the first officials . He received the ' FIBA Order of Merit ' in March 1997.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Raimundo Saporta (chapter I). In: basketconfidencial.com. December 12, 2001, Retrieved June 9, 2012 (Spanish).
- ↑ treasurer (Tesoreiro), he was at least the 1958th
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Saporta, Raimundo |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Saporta Namías, Raimundo |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Spanish sports official |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 16, 1926 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Paris |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 2, 1997 |
| Place of death | Madrid |