Higinio Vélez

Higinio Vélez Carrión (July 27, 1947 – May 12, 2021)[1] was a Cuban baseball manager.

Biography

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]

Velez died from COVID-19 on 12 May 2021, at age 73, in Havana during the COVID-19 pandemic in Cuba.[4]

References
  1. "Higinio Vélez". Olympedia. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
  2. Cuba Baseball League over a Half Century
  3. Cuba gana su tercera medalla de oro en béisbol Archived 2012-03-05 at the Wayback Machine (Spanish)
  4. "Prensa Latina - Latin American News Agency".
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