Pedro Velasco
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| Full name | Pedro Velasco, Jr. | |||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | Pete | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | April 6, 1937 Honolulu, Hawaii | |||||||||||||||||
| Died | March 21, 2023 (aged 85) Pāhoa, Hawaii | |||||||||||||||||
| Height | 178 cm (5 ft 10 in) | |||||||||||||||||
| College / University | Church College | |||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Setter | |||||||||||||||||
| Number | 2 (national team) | |||||||||||||||||
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Honours
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Pedro "Pete" Velasco Jr. (April 6, 1937 – March 21, 2023) was an American volleyball player who competed with the United States national volleyball team as captain in the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, and also competed with the national team in the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City.[1][2] He won a silver medal at the 1963 Pan American Games and a gold medal at the 1967 Pan American Games.[3] He was a setter.[1]
Velasco was inducted into the International Volleyball Hall of Fame in 1997.[3]
Personal life and death
[edit]Velasco was born in Honolulu, Hawaii, on April 6, 1937. He died at his home in Pāhoa, Hawaii on March 21, 2023, at the age of 85.[3][1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "An Exceptional Athlete and Two-Time Olympian". Ka Wai Ola. May 1, 2023. Archived from the original on August 28, 2023. Retrieved August 28, 2023.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Pete Velasco, Jr". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 18, 2020. Retrieved October 1, 2015.
- ^ a b c "Pete Velasco, Jr". Olympedia. Archived from the original on June 25, 2023. Retrieved March 24, 2023.
External links
[edit]- International Volleyball Hall of Fame profile
- Olympedia profile: Pedro Velasco
- Hawaii Sports Hall of Fame profile
- Volleybox.net profile
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Categories:
- 1937 births
- 2023 deaths
- American men's volleyball players
- Olympic volleyball players for the United States
- Volleyball players at the 1964 Summer Olympics
- Volleyball players at the 1968 Summer Olympics
- Volleyball players at the 1963 Pan American Games
- Volleyball players at the 1967 Pan American Games
- Medalists at the 1963 Pan American Games
- Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States in softball
- Pan American Games silver medalists for the United States in softball
- Medalists at the 1967 Pan American Games
- International Volleyball Hall of Fame inductees
- 20th-century American sportsmen