Goffredo Sussi

Biographical information

RolesReferee
SexMale
Full nameGoffredo•Sussi
Used nameGoffredo•Sussi
Bornin Livorno, Livorno (ITA)
NOC Italy

Biography

Goffredo Sussi was one of the most important Italian basketball referees. Before devoting himself to this career, at the dawn of the 1950s, he created the Libertas women’s team in Livorno, coached by Piero Benvenuti, with which he won the regional championship of Tuscany.

Sussi took part at two Olympics (1960, 1964) and refereed the finale game (Becchi Forlì vs Eldorado Bologna) in the Italian First League on 7 April 1968 along with a young referee, the eventual Olympian Aldo Albanesi.

Referee

Games Sport (Discipline) / Event NOC / Team Phase Unit Role As
1960 Summer Olympics Basketball (Basketball) ITA Goffredo Sussi
Basketball, Men (Olympic) Classification Round 5-8 Czechoslovakia — Uruguay Referee
Basketball, Men (Olympic) Group C Hungary — Puerto Rico Referee
Basketball, Men (Olympic) Group B Czechoslovakia — Yugoslavia Referee
Basketball, Men (Olympic) Group C Mexico — Puerto Rico Referee
Basketball, Men (Olympic) Group D Spain — Uruguay Referee
1964 Summer Olympics Basketball (Basketball) ITA Goffredo Sussi
Basketball, Men (Olympic) Final Round Hungary — Canada Referee
Basketball, Men (Olympic) Classification Round 9-12 Japan — Finland Referee
Basketball, Men (Olympic) Group B Finland — Republic of Korea Referee
Basketball, Men (Olympic) Group B Brazil — Yugoslavia Referee
Basketball, Men (Olympic) Group B United States — Uruguay Referee
Basketball, Men (Olympic) Group B Brazil — Uruguay Referee
Basketball, Men (Olympic) Group B Finland — Peru Referee
Basketball, Men (Olympic) Group B Uruguay — Peru Referee