Higinio Vélez
Higinio Vélez Carrión (July 27, 1947 – May 12, 2021)[1] was a Cuban baseball manager.
Biography
[edit]After leading Santiago de Cuba to three straight championships in the Cuban National Series (1999–2001),[2] he became the manager of the Cuba national baseball team, that would take home a gold medal from the 2004 Summer Olympics.[3] He also managed the Cuban team at the 2001, 2003, 2005 editions of the Baseball World Cup.
Velez died from COVID-19 on 12 May 2021, at age 73, in Havana during the COVID-19 pandemic in Cuba.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "Higinio Vélez". Olympedia. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
- ^ Cuba Baseball League over a Half Century
- ^ Cuba gana su tercera medalla de oro en béisbol Archived 2012-03-05 at the Wayback Machine (Spanish)
- ^ "Prensa Latina - Latin American News Agency".
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