Ronaldo Veitia Valdivie (21 October 1947 – 5 December 2022) was a Cuban judoka and coach for the country's Olympic judo team.
Veitia was born on 21 October 1947.[1] He led the women's Judo team to multiple Olympic medals, and world championships.[2] Veitia also was responsible for the team winning consecutive gold medals at the Pan Am Games since 1975.[2] His players Dayaris Mestre, Magdiel Estrada, and Idalys Ortiz all won gold for Cuba under him.[3] In fact, he coached his team at six Olympic Games from 1992 to 2012 and obtained five gold, nine silver and ten bronze medals.[4] This made him the coach with the largest amount of Olympic Medals in the history of Judo.[4] In Munich, he held a seminar on how to build a fighting machine.[5] In 30 years he earned 308 international medals for Judo.[6]
Veitia died of complications of diabetes on 5 December 2022, at the age of 75.[7]