Luis Calderon
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Full name | Luis Felipe Calderón Blet | ||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Cuban | ||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Havana, Cuba | 2 May 1952||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 17 June 2009[1] Havana, Cuba | (aged 57)||||||||||||||||||||
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Number | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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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]
Coaching
Calderón 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] 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
Calderón's daughter, Rosir Calderón, played for the Cuban national volleyball team and won a bronze medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics.[2]
References
- ^ "FIVB mourns death of Cuban coach Luis Felipe Calderon". Fédération Internationale de Volleyball. 18 June 2020. 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.
External links
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- 1952 births
- 2009 deaths
- Cuban men's volleyball players
- Olympic volleyball players for Cuba
- Volleyball players at the 1972 Summer Olympics
- Volleyball players from Havana
- Pan American Games gold medalists for Cuba
- Pan American Games medalists in volleyball
- Medalists at the 1971 Pan American Games