Luis Felipe Calderón Blet (2 May 1952 – 17 June 2009), also known as Luis Felipe Calderón, was a Cuban volleyball player and coach. Calderón competed with the Cuban men's national volleyball team at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich.[2] The year before, in 1971, he won a gold medal with the Cuban team at the Pan American Games in Cali.[2]
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| Full name | Luis Felipe Calderón Blet | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 2 May 1952 Havana, Cuba | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 17 June 2009 (aged 57)[1] Havana, Cuba | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Number | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Honours
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Coaching
editCalderón was the head coach of the Cuban women's national volleyball team for the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney and the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, winning a gold medal and a bronze medal, respectively.[2][3] He also coached the Cuban women during the 2002 FIVB World Championship in Germany and the 2006 FIVB World Championship in Japan.[2]
Personal life and death
editCalderón's daughter, Rosir Calderón, played for the Cuban national volleyball team and won a bronze medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics.[2]
Calderón passed away on 17 June 2009, after a long illness.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b "FIVB mourns death of Cuban coach Luis Felipe Calderon". Fédération Internationale de Volleyball. 18 June 2009. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
- ^ a b c d e "Luis Calderón". Olympedia. Archived from the original on 6 March 2023. Retrieved 18 March 2022.
- ^ Roberts, Selena (1 October 2000). "Sydney 2000: Volleyball; Cuba Cruises to Third Straight Gold". The New York Times. sec. 8 p. 13. Retrieved 6 September 2024. (subscription required)
