Luis Calderón | |
Full Name: | Luis Felipe Calderón Blet |
Birth Date: | 2 May 1952 |
Birth Place: | Havana, Cuba |
Death Date: | [1] |
Death Place: | Havana, Cuba |
Teamnumber: | 7 |
Nationalyears: | 1970–1972 |
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.
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. He also coached the Cuban women during the 2002 FIVB World Championship in Germany and the 2006 FIVB World Championship in Japan.
Calderón's daughter, Rosir Calderón, played for the Cuban national volleyball team and won a bronze medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics.