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Luis Calderón
Luis Calderón
Personal information
Full name	Luis Felipe Calderón Blet
Born	2 May 1952; Havana, Cuba
Died	17 June 2009 (aged 57); Havana, Cuba
Volleyball information
Number	7
National team
1970–1972	Cuba
Honours
Men's volleyball
Representing Cuba
Pan American Games
Central American and Caribbean Games

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]

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]

1 2 "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.
1 2 3 4 5 "Luis Calderón". Olympedia. Archived from the original on 6 March 2023. Retrieved 18 March 2022.
↑ 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)