Viljar Loor

Viljar Loor
Personal information
Nationality	Estonian
Born	(1953-10-01)October 1, 1953 Tartu, Estonia
Died	March 22, 2011(2011-03-22) (aged 57) Tallinn, Estonia
Height	196 cm (6 ft 5 in)
Volleyball information
Position	Middle blocker
Number	12
National team
1975–1983  Soviet Union
Honours Men's volleyball Representing  Soviet Union Olympic Games 1980 Moscow Team World Championship 1978 Italy 1982 Argentina World Cup 1977 Japan 1981 Japan European Championship 1975 Yugoslavia 1977 Finland 1979 France 1981 Bulgaria 1983 East Germany European Junior Championship 1971 Spain Under-20 1973 Netherlands Under-20

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

• 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

External links

• Olympedia Profile: Viljar Loor
• Volleybox.net Profile
• Viljar Loor's profile at Sports Reference.com (archived)

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Soviet Union squad – 1977 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Cup – Gold medal

• Fedor Burchukov
• Vladimir Chernyshyov
• Vladimir Dorokhov
• Vladimir Kondra
• Fedir Lashchonov
• Viljar Loor
• Oleg Moliboga
• Anatoliy Polishchuk
• Aleksandr Savin
• Pāvels Seļivanovs
• Vladimir Ulanov
• Vyacheslav Zaytsev
• Coach: Viacheslav Platonov