Joann Lõssov (September 10, 1921 – August 3, 2000) was an

Estonia Estonia, formally the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, and t ...

basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular court, compete with the primary objective of shooting a basketball (approximately in diameter) through the defender's h ...

player. Lõssov trained at VSS

Kalev Kalev may refer to: * Kalev (mythology), a character from Estonian mythology * Kalev (given name), an Estonian masculine given name * Kalev (confectioner), an Estonian sweets company *BC Kalev, a basketball club based in Tallinn, Estonia * JK Talli ...

, in

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. He was named MVP of the 1947 EuroBasket. Member of the Soviet Union basketball team in 1947–52, from 1949, the captain and points guard. After his career as a player, worked as the head coach of the Soviet Union women’s team in 1953–58 (gold medals from the European Championships of 1954 and 1956) and helped to organise special trainings of the Soviet Union team. Elected to the Hall of fame of Estonian basketball in 2010. Eesti korvpall 100 - Kuulsuste Hall - Joann Lõssov

Soviet national team

Lõssov played with the senior

Soviet Union national basketball team The Soviet Union men's national basketball team ( rus, сбо́рная СССР по баскетболу, r=sbórnaya SSSR po basketbolu) was the national basketball team that represented the Soviet Union in international competitions. After t ...

at the 1952 Summer Olympics, where he won a silver medal. He played in all eight of the Soviet Union's games.

Club career

Lõssov's career started in 1936. He played for the teams of the YMCA and Russ before the war. After the war he played in

Tallinna Kalev Kalev Tallinn is a multi-sport club in Tallinn, Estonia. The club was formed as Jalgpalliselts Meteor (Football Union Meteor) in 1909 and changed to its present name in 1911, when it joined the all-Estonian sports organisation Estonian Sports Asso ...

. With the team of the University of Tartu he won a gold medal (1949) and a silver medal (1950) of Soviet Union League Championship.

Achievements

National Team

* Olympic Games:

1952 Events January–February * January 26 – Cairo Fire, Black Saturday in Egypt: Rioters burn Cairo's central business district, targeting British and upper-class Egyptian businesses. * February 6 ** Princess Elizabeth, Duchess of Edinburgh ...

* European Championships:

1947 It was the first year of the Cold War, which would last until 1991, ending with the dissolution of the Soviet Union. Events January * January– February – Winter of 1946–47 in the United Kingdom: The worst snowfall in the count ...

1951 Events January * January 4 – Korean War: Third Battle of Seoul – Chinese and North Korean forces capture Seoul for the second time (having lost the Second Battle of Seoul in September 1950). * January 9 – The Government of the Uni ...

Club

* Soviet Union League Championship: 1949 *

Estonian SSR The Estonian SSR,, russian: Эстонская ССР officially the Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic,, russian: Эстонская Советская Социалистическая Республика was an National delimitation in ...

Championship: 1944-1947, 1955

Orders

EST Order of the White Star - 5th Class BAR

'' Order of the White Star, 5th Class:'' 1998

References

, Elu on mäng. Tallinn 1998 (ISBN 998581827X) 1921 births 2000 deaths Estonian men's basketball players Soviet men's basketball players Olympic basketball players of the Soviet Union Basketball players at the 1952 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for the Soviet Union Basketball players from Tallinn FIBA EuroBasket-winning players Olympic medalists in basketball Estonian basketball coaches Tartu Ülikool/Rock players Medalists at the 1952 Summer Olympics Estonian people of Russian descent Recipients of the Order of the White Star, 5th Class Honoured Masters of Sport of the USSR {{USSR-Olympic-medalist-stub KK Kalev players