Last October 18 arrived Professor Veitía (from Spain) visited Cuba. Since his return to the country was confirmed, the Cuban Institute of Medicine designed a strategy to monitor and accompany his recovery process.
According to JIT, in recent days the state of health of the prominent coach had deteriorated, which is why he had to be hospitalized. The complications associated with diabetes and the high cardiovascular risk marked the severity of it until its fatal outcome.
Veitía, a world-renowned coach, under his command Cuban judokas have obtained numerous world and Olympic crowns since the 1990s.
For his tireless work he received the Order of Sports Merit and many other awards.
“We share the pain with family and friends of this fighting patriot and faithful to his principles,” lamented the president of the National Institute of Sports, Physical Education and Recreation (Inder), Osvaldo Vento Montiller, on his Twitter account.
Díaz-Canel expresses condolences for the death of Veitía: May his school never die
Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel expressed his 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, ”wrote the president on his official Twitter account.
On video, Veitía at the Round Table
Cubadebate deeply regrets this sad news and shares with its readers this program of the Round table which, led by the journalist Arleen Rodríguez Derivet, marked the beginning of the Life Stories series in 2016, precisely with the stories of the maestro Ronaldo Veitía and Rogelio Ortúzar, the third Cuban Habano Man.
Cuban President sent condolences for the death of coach Veitía
Havana, Dec 5 (Prensa Latina) The President of Cuba, Miguel Díaz-Canel, today sent condolences to the relatives of the prominent former coach of the Cuba women’s judo team, Ronaldo Veitía.
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 his school never die, the president wrote on his Twitter account.
Veitía, architect of the greatest triumphs of judo for ladies in Cuba, including the collective world championship in 1999 and the Olympic one a year later, died today in this capital, where he was recovering from severe health conditions.
For his part, the president of the Cuban Institute of Sports (Inder), Osvaldo Vento, also regretted the physical departure of the legendary strategist.
Her contribution to the greatness of Cuban women’s judo assures her a place of honor in the history of our sport. We share the pain with family and friends of this battling patriot and faithful to his principles, he commented on the same social network.
Initially leading the men’s sector, Veitía’s great moments from the coach’s chair were after assuming the direction of the female cast at the beginning of the 90s of the last century.
Together with the also deceased Eugenio George (volleyball) and Alcides Sagarra (boxing), Veitía was part of the golden triad of Cuban sports coaches after 1959, with several Olympic and world crowns.
