Eugenio George Lafita, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Cuban sports coach (1933-2014)
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Place of Birth: Baracoa, Guantánamo Province, Cuba
About Eugenio George Lafita
- Eugenio George Lafita (March 29, 1933 – June 1, 2014) was a Cuban volleyball coach.
- Nicknamed "Volleyball guru", Lafita led the Cuban women's team to three straight gold medals in the Olympic Games, 1992, 1996 and 2000.
- In 2000, the Federation Internationale de Volleyball named George the Best Women's Volleyball Team Coach of the Twentieth Century.George was born on March 29, 1933 in Baracoa, Cuba.
- In the 1940s his family moved to Havana running from the economical crisis.
- His volleyball career started in 1947 at Pepe Barrientos Gymnasium in the Luyano neighborhood in Havana.
- For more than 40 years he was married to Graciela González until her death in 2007.
- Eugenio George died in Havana at the age of 81 after a long fight with cancer.
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