Luis Calderon
Cuban volleyball player
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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]
Havana, Cuba
Havana, Cuba
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][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
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]
