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Former Cuban judo coach Ronaldo Veitía died this Monday, December 5 in Havana, at the age of 75, due to a stroke that had considerably deteriorated his health since last August, they assured. Press media.
“The beloved professor Ronaldo Veitía Valdivié has passed away. His contribution to the greatness of Cuban women’s judo assures him a place of honor in the history of our sport,” the president of the National Institute of Sports (Inder) of Cuba wrote on his Twitter profile. , Osvaldo Vento Montiller.
Vento Montiller added that they shared “the pain with family and friends of this battling patriot and faithful to his principles.”
The designated president of Cuba, Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, also reacted on that social network to the death of sports glory.
“My condolences to family, friends and the Cuban sports movement. Veitía leaves us forever the pleasant memory of the continuous and emotional victories of Cuban women’s judo. May his school never die,” he said.
My condolences to family, friends and the sports movement of #Cuba. Veitía leaves us forever the pleasant memory of the continuous and emotional victories of Cuban women’s judo. May her school never die. https://t.co/1CdrdT5xKu
— Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez (@DiazCanelB) December 6, 2022
In August, while Veitía was visiting Alicante with his son, he suffered a stroke and was admitted to a Spanish hospital until October, when he asked to be returned to the island.
“My dad is proud of his Cuban identity. I want to thank all the efforts made by Inder, the Cuban government and its consulate in Spain, for the quick processing of everything and for the support they have given us to have him here,” his son, Ihosvany Veitía, told the press at the time.
The former coach arrived in Cuba on October 18 with the purpose of rehabilitating himself, but a few weeks later his daughter denounced on social networks that he was being neglected by the sports authorities and that she did not have food to cover all her father’s needs.
“I am not one to talk, but perhaps they think that he has already reached where he was going, that is, to his end and they have not done for him what he deserves. The bed with an anti-decubitus mattress and the wheelchair came through my brother Dieter who spoke with a state official and they were immediately at home; I have received help with diapers from INDER del Cotorro, but they cannot cope, ”her daughter declared on that occasion in conversation with sports journalist Julia Osendi.
