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Viljar Loor
Personal information
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. At the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Loor won the gold medal with the Soviet Union men's national volleyball team. 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. He was a middle blocker.

Personal life and death

Loor was born in Tartu. He died on 22 March 2011, in Tallinn.

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

References

1. ^ "Viljar Loor". Olympedia. Archived from the original on 3 May 2024. Retrieved 7 January 2024.
2. "Viljar Loor". Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.
3. "Viljar Loor". Volleybox.net. Archived from the original on 19 December 2023. Retrieved 29 September 2024.

External links

• Olympedia profile: Viljar Loor
• Viljar Loor at Olympics.com (archived)
• Volleybox.net profile

v t e 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

v t e Soviet Union squad – 1978 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship – Gold medal
Vladimir Chernyshyov Vladimir Dorokhov Aleksandr Ermilov Vladimir Kondra Valeriy Kryvov Fedir Lashchonov Viljar Loor Oleg Moliboga Anatoliy Polishchuk Aleksandr Savin Pāvels Seļivanovs Vyacheslav Zaytsev Coach: Viacheslav Platonov

v t e Soviet Union men's volleyball squad – 1980 Summer Olympics – Gold medal
Vladimir Chernyshyov Vladimir Dorokhov Aleksandr Ermilov Vladimir Kondra Valeriy Kryvov Fedir Lashchonov Viljar Loor Oleg Moliboga Yury Panchenko Aleksandr Savin Pāvels Seļivanovs Vyacheslav Zaytsev Coach: Viacheslav Platonov

v t e Soviet Union squad – 1981 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Cup – Gold medal
Vladimir Dorokhov Vladimir Kondra Yury Kuznetsov Viljar Loor Oleg Moliboga Yury Panchenko Aleksandr Sapega Aleksandr Savin Pāvels Seļivanovs Vladimir Shkurikhin Pavel Voronkov Vyacheslav Zaytsev Coach: Viacheslav Platonov

v t e Soviet Union squad – 1982 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship – Gold medal
Vladimir Dorokhov Sergey Gribov Viljar Loor Valery Losev Oleg Moliboga Yury Panchenko Aleksandr Savin Pāvels Seļivanovs Vladimir Shkurikhin Oleg Smugilev Oleksandr Sorokalet Vyacheslav Zaytsev Coach: Viacheslav Platonov

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