Viljar Loor
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| Nationality | Estonian | |||||||||||||
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October 1, 1953 Tartu, Estonia | |||||||||||||
| Died |
March 22, 2011 (aged 57) Tallinn, Estonia | |||||||||||||
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Viljar Loor (1 October 1953 – 22 March 2011) was the most successful Estonian volleyball player. In the 1980 Summer Olympics he was part of the gold winning Soviet Union volleyball team. He played all five matches.
Loor died on 22 March 2011.
His coaches were Ülo Palk, Raimund Pundi, Ivan Dratšov, in Soviet Union team Vjatšeslav Platonov and Juri Tšesnokov.[1]
Achievements
- Olympic winner: 1980
- World Champion: 1978, 1982
- European Champion: 1975, 1977, 1979, 1981, 1983
- World Cup winner: 1977, 1981, 1983
- European Youth Champion: 1973
- 4 × European Club Champions Cup winner
- 7 × Soviet Champion[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Teisipäeval suri ootamatult olümpiavõitja Viljar Loor (Estonian)