Higinio Vélez

Higinio Vélez
Manager
Born: (1946-07-27)27 July 1946
Songo – La Maya, Oriente Province, Cuba
Died: 12 May 2021(2021-05-12) (aged 74)
Havana, Cuba
Medals
Men's baseball
Manager for  Cuba
World Baseball Classic
2006 San Diego Team
Summer Olympics
2004 Athens Team
Baseball World Cup
2001 Taiwan Team
2003 Cuba Team
2005 Netherlands Team

Higinio Vélez Carrión (27 July 1946 – 12 May 2021) was a Cuban baseball manager and executive. He was the longtime president of the Baseball Federation of Cuba as well as manager of the Cuba national baseball team, which he led to three consecutive championships at the Baseball World Cup from 2003 to 2005, an Olympic gold medal at Athens 2004 and a silver medal in the inaugural edition of the World Baseball Classic in 2006.