Viljar Loor
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| Born | October 1, 1953 Tartu, Estonia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | March 22, 2011 (aged 57) Tallinn, Estonia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 196 cm (6 ft 5 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Middle blocker | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Number | 12 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Viljar Loor (1 October 1953 – 22 March 2011) was among the most accomplished Estonian volleyball players. At the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Loor won the gold medal with the Soviet Union men's national volleyball team.[1][2] He also won gold medals with the Soviet team at the 1978 FIVB World Championship in Italy and the 1982 FIVB World Championship in Argentina.[1] He was a middle blocker.[3]
Personal life and death
[edit]Loor was born in Tartu.[1] He died on 22 March 2011, in Tallinn.[1]
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
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "Viljar Loor". Olympedia. Archived from the original on 3 May 2024. Retrieved 7 January 2024.
- ^ "Viljar Loor". Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.
- ^ "Viljar Loor". Volleybox.net. Archived from the original on 19 December 2023. Retrieved 29 September 2024.
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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