Viljar Loor
Appearance
Viljar Loor | |||
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Personal information | |||
Born | Tartu, Estonia | October 1, 1953||
Died | March 22, 2011 Tallinn, Estonia | (aged 57)||
Height | 196 cm (6 ft 5 in) | ||
Volleyball information | |||
Position | Middle blocker | ||
Number | 12 | ||
National team | |||
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Honours |
Viljar Loor (1 October 1953 – 22 March 2011) was among the most accomplished Estonian volleyball players. In the 1980 Summer Olympics, he won the gold medal with the Soviet Union volleyball team.[1]
Loor died on 22 March 2011.[1]
Loor's coaches were Ülo Palk, Raimund Pundi, and Ivan Dratšov, and in the Soviet team Viacheslav Platonov and Yuri Chesnokov.[2]
Achievements
[edit]- Olympic winner: 1980
- World Champion: 1978, 1982
- European Champion: 1975, 1977, 1979, 1981, 1983
- World Cup winner: 1977, 1981
- European Youth Champion: 1971, 1973
- 4 × European Club Champions Cup winner
- 8 × Soviet Champion[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Viljar Loor". Olympedia. Retrieved 7 January 2024.
- ^ a b Teisipäeval suri ootamatult olümpiavõitja Viljar Loor (in Estonian)
External links
[edit]- Olympedia Profile: Viljar Loor
- Volleybox.net Profile
- Viljar Loor's profile at Sports Reference.com (archived)
Categories:
- 1953 births
- 2011 deaths
- Sportspeople from Tartu
- Estonian men's volleyball players
- Soviet men's volleyball players
- Olympic volleyball players for the Soviet Union
- Volleyball players at the 1980 Summer Olympics
- Olympic gold medalists for the Soviet Union
- Olympic medalists in volleyball
- Medalists at the 1980 Summer Olympics
- Honoured Masters of Sport of the USSR
- Estonian sportspeople stubs
- European volleyball biography stubs