Spanish International Referee Pablo Mansilla has been appointed as a golf referee at the upcoming Rio de Janeiro 2016 Olympic Games, specifically to ensure compliance with the rules in the men's competition, which will take place between August 11 and 14.

Born in January 1971, Pablo Mansilla has been a Regional Referee for the Royal Andalusian Golf Federation since 2006 and a National Referee since 2007. Subsequently, in April 2013, he was appointed International Referee Judge by the Royal Spanish Golf Federation, in addition to serving as a member of the RFEG Rules Committee.

Pablo Mansilla usually combines responsibilities at the Royal Andalusian Golf Federation – where he is sports director, president of the Professionals Committee and the Pitch & Putt Committee, as well as being part of the Rules Committee and the Sports Discipline Committee – and at the RFEG, where he alternates his activity as a referee with that of tournament director, mainly focused on directing those held in Spain that are integrated within the Alps Tour since 2011.

With extensive experience as an arbitrator on various Professional Circuits, including the European Tour, Challenge Tour, Alps Tour and Ladies European Tour, Pablo Mansilla is an economist and auditor, having completed his studies in Spain and the United Kingdom.