Luis Calderon

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Luis Calderón
Personal information
Full nameLuis Felipe Calderón Blet
Born(1952-05-02)2 May 1952
Havana, Cuba
Died17 June 2009(2009-06-17) (aged 57)[1]
Havana, Cuba
Volleyball information
Number7
National team
1970–1972File:Flag of Cuba.svg Cuba
Honours
Men's volleyball
Representing File:Flag of Cuba.svg Cuba
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place 1971 Cali Team
Central American and Caribbean Games
Gold medal – first place 1970 Panama City Team

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

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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][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

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Calderón's daughter, Rosir Calderón, played for the Cuban national volleyball team and won a bronze medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics.[2]

Calderón died on 17 June 2009, after a long illness.[1]

References

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