Luis Calderon Explained

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.

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. He also coached the Cuban women during the 2002 FIVB World Championship in Germany and the 2006 FIVB World Championship in Japan.

Personal life

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

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: FIVB mourns death of Cuban coach Luis Felipe Calderon . 18 June 2020 . . 2 November 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160305080040if_/http://www.fivb.org/viewPressRelease.asp?No=20513&Language=en#.VtqSPdD7TIU . 5 March 2016 . dead.
  2. Web site: Luis Calderón . live . Olympedia . 18 March 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230306220228/https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/52207 . 6 March 2023 .