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Nationality
  
Estonian

Name
  
Viljar Loor

Role
  
Olympic athlete


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Born
  
October 1, 1953Tartu, Estonia (
1953-10-01
)

Died
  
March 22, 2011, Tallinn, Estonia

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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Loor died on 22 March 2011.

His coaches were Ülo Palk, Raimund Pundi, Ivan Dratšov, in Soviet Union team Vjatšeslav Platonov and Juri Tšesnokov.

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
  • References

    Viljar Loor Wikipedia