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Pedro Velasco
Personal information
Full name	Pedro Velasco, Jr.
Nickname	Pete
Born	April 6, 1937 (1937-04-06) Honolulu, Hawaii
Died	March 21, 2023(2023-03-21) (aged 85) Pāhoa, Hawaii
Height	178 cm (5 ft 10 in)
College / University	Church College
Volleyball information
Position	Setter
Number	2 (national team)
National team
1963–1968  United States
Honours Men's volleyball Representing the  United States Pan American Games 1967 Winnipeg Team 1963 São Paulo Team

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. He won a silver medal at the 1963 Pan American Games and a gold medal at the 1967 Pan American Games. He was a setter.

Velasco was inducted into the International Volleyball Hall of Fame in 1997.

Personal life and death

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.

References

1. ^ "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.
2. 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.
3. ^ "Pete Velasco, Jr". Olympedia. Archived from the original on June 25, 2023. Retrieved March 24, 2023.

External links

• International Volleyball Hall of Fame profile
• Olympedia profile: Pedro Velasco
• Hawaii Sports Hall of Fame profile
• Volleybox.net profile

v t e United States – 1963 Pan American Games – Silver medal
Barry Brown Charles Nelson Mike Bright Harlan Cohen Clifford Jent Michael O'Hara Milton Friedman Pedro Velasco Peter Colbert Thomas Allen Walter Schiller Willem Van der Meer

v t e United States – 1967 Pan American Games – Gold medal
John Alstrom Robert Clem Wink Davenport Smitty Duke Tom Haine John Henn Daniel Patterson Larry Rundle Al Scates Jon Stanley Rudy Suwara Pedro Velasco

• 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