Luis Calderon

Luis Felipe Calderón Blet, also known as Luis Felipe Calderón, was a Cuban volleyball player and coach. Calderón competed with the Cuba men's national [volleyball team|Cuban men's national volleyball team] at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|1972 Summer Olympics] in Munich. The year before, in 1971, he won a gold medal with the Cuban team at the 1971 [Pan American Games|Pan American Games] in Cali.

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. He also coached the Cuban women during the 2002 [FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship|2002 FIVB World Championship] in Germany and the 2006 FIVB World Championship in Japan.

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.
Calderón died on 17 June 2009, after a long illness.