Luis Calderon

Luis Calderón
Personal information
Full name	Luis Felipe Calderón Blet
Born	(1952-05-02)2 May 1952 Havana, Cuba
Died	17 June 2009(2009-06-17) (aged 57)[1] Havana, Cuba
Volleyball information
Number	7
National team
1970–1972  Cuba
Honours Men's volleyball Representing  Cuba Pan American Games 1971 Cali Team Central American and Caribbean Games 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

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]

References

1. "FIVB mourns death of Cuban coach Luis Felipe Calderon". Fédération Internationale de Volleyball. 18 June 2009. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
2. "Luis Calderón". Olympedia. Archived from the original on 6 March 2023. Retrieved 18 March 2022.
3. Roberts, Selena (1 October 2000). "Sydney 2000: Volleyball; Cuba Cruises to Third Straight Gold". The New York Times. sec. 8 p. 13. Retrieved 6 September 2024. (subscription required)

External links

• Luis Felipe Calderón Blet at Olympedia
• Volleybox.net profile