Viljar Loor
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.
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| Nationality | Estonian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | October 1, 1953 Tartu, Estonia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | March 22, 2011 (aged 57) Tallinn, Estonia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Honours
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Loor died on 22 March 2011.
His coaches were Ülo Palk, Raimund Pundi, Ivan Dratšov, in Soviet Union team Viacheslav Platonov and Yuri Chesnokov.[1]
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[1]
References
- Teisipäeval suri ootamatult olümpiavõitja Viljar Loor (in Estonian)
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