Orlando Samuell

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| name = Orlando Samuels

| full_name = Orlando Glastón Samuels Blackwood

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1946|12|31|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Esmeralda, Cuba

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| height = 1.78 m

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| teamnumber = 12

| nationalyears = 1966–1975

| nationalteam = {{vb|CUB}}

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Orlando Samuels (born 31 December 1946), also known as Orlando Samuell, is a Cuban former volleyball player and coach. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich.{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sa/orlando-samuell-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190502224300/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sa/orlando-samuell-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2 May 2019 |title=Orlando Samuell Olympic Results |access-date=3 May 2019}} As well as competing at the Olympics, he won medals with the Cuban team at the Pan American Games, including a bronze medal in 1967, and gold medals in 1971 and 1975.{{cite web|url=http://www.todor66.com/volleyball/America/Men_PG_1971.html |title=Men Volleyball Panamerican Games 1971 Cali, Colombi - 31.07-11.08 - Winner Cuba |last=Krastev |first=Todor |website=Todor66.com |access-date=14 November 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221204161815/http://www.todor66.com/volleyball/America/Men_PG_1971.html |archive-date=4 December 2022 |url-status=live }}{{cite web|url=http://www.todor66.com/volleyball/America/Men_PG_1975.html |title=Men Volleyball Panamerican Games 1975 Mexico City (MEX) - 13-25.10 Winner Cuba |last=Krastev |first=Todor |website=Todor66.com |access-date=14 November 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231012013141/http://www.todor66.com/volleyball/America/Men_PG_1975.html |archive-date=12 October 2023 |url-status=live }} He was the captain of the Cuban team in the early 1970s.{{Cite interview |url=https://playoffmagazine.com/orlando-samuels-el-maestro-entrenador-de-leyendas/ |title=Orlando Samuels, el maestro entrenador de leyendas |language=es |interviewer=Henry Morales Márquez |date=4 December 2020 |last=Samuels |first=Orlando |work=Play-Off Magazine |access-date=28 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240423055903/https://playoffmagazine.com/orlando-samuels-el-maestro-entrenador-de-leyendas/ |archive-date=23 April 2024 |url-status=live }}

Coaching

Samuels was the head coach of the Cuban men's team from 1989 to 1994, and again from 2007 to 2013.{{Cite web |url=https://volleybox.net/orlando-samuels-p45855/clubs |website=Volleybox.net |title=Staff member experience |access-date=23 October 2023 }} He coached the Cuban team at the 1992 Summer Olympics, finishing in fourth place.{{Cite web |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/52233 |website=Olympedia |title=Orlando Samuels |access-date=23 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230306220008/http://www.olympedia.org/athletes/52233 |archive-date=6 March 2023 |url-status=live }} He also coached the Cuban team at the 2011 FIVB World Cup.{{cite web|url=http://www.fivb.org/EN/volleyball/competitions/WorldCup/2011/Men/viewMatchInfo.asp?Category=3&MatchNo=64&No=33306 |title=Cuba coach: This last game was a good one, a close one |website=International Volleyball Federation |date=4 December 2011 |access-date=14 November 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200205102424/http://www.fivb.org/EN/volleyball/competitions/WorldCup/2011/Men/viewMatchInfo.asp?Category=3&MatchNo=64&No=33306 |archive-date=5 February 2020 |url-status=live }}