Renato Righetto

Renato Righetto was a Brazilian basketball referee. He was an architect by his main occupation. He refereed over 800 international basketball games from 1960 to 1977. He worked at the 1960 Olympics, 1964 Olympics, 1968 Olympics and 1972 Olympics, 1971 Women's World Championship, 1967 Pan American Games and 1971 Pan American Games. Righetto was the lead referee in the controversial 1972 Olympic Men's Basketball Final. He was enshrined in the FIBA Hall of Fame in 2007.
Righetto was born on 30 January 1921, in Campinas, São Paulo. He died there on 18 November 2001, at the age of 80.