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Full name | Luis Felipe Calderón Blet | ||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Havana, Cuba | 2 May 1952||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 17 June 2009[1] Havana, Cuba | (aged 57)
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Number | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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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]
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] 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]