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.

Viljar Loor
Personal information
NationalityEstonian
Born(1953-10-01)October 1, 1953
Tartu, Estonia
DiedMarch 22, 2011(2011-03-22) (aged 57)
Tallinn, Estonia
National team
USSR

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

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