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Joann Lõssov

Joann Lõssov during basketball game
Personal information
Born	10 September 1921 (1921-09-10) Tallinn, Estonia
Died	3 August 2000(2000-08-03) (aged 78) Tallinn, Estonia
Height	174 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Sport
Position	Point guard
Medal record Representing  Soviet Union Men's basketball Olympic Games 1952 Helsinki Team EuroBasket 1947 Prague USSR 1951 Paris USSR

Joann Lõssov (10 September 1921 – 3 August 2000), also known as Ioann Fyodorovich Lysov (Russian: Иоанн Фёдорович Лысов), was a Soviet and Estonian basketball player. Lõssov trained at VSS Kalev, in Tallinn. 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.

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

National team career

Lõssov played with the senior Soviet Union men's national basketball team at the 1952 Summer Olympics, where he won a silver medal. He played in all eight of the Soviet Union's games.

Achievements

National Team

• Olympic Games: 1952
• European Championships: 1947, 1951

Club

• Soviet Union League Championship: 1949
• Estonian SSR Championship: 1944-1947, 1955

Orders

Order of the White Star, 5th Class: 1998

References

1. Boris Khavin (1979). All about Olympic Games (in Russian) (2nd ed.). Moscow: Fizkultura i sport. p. 307.
2. Eesti korvpall 100 - Kuulsuste Hall - Joann Lõssov
3. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Joann Lõssov". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 3 December 2016. Retrieved 15 June 2018.

Further reading

• Lään, Vello; Ibrus, Märt (2006). Eesti korvpall.Portreed. Eesti Korvpalliliit. pp. 49–55. ISBN 9949-406-68-4.
• Tiit Lääne, Eesti olümpiamedalivõitjad 1912–2006. Tallinn 2006 (ISBN 9949-427-25-8)
• Joann Lõssov, Paavo Kivine, Elu on mäng. Tallinn 1998 (ISBN 998581827X)

External links

• Joann Lõssov at Olympedia (archive)
• Joann Lõssov at the Estonian Olympic Committee (archived)
• Joann Lõssov at ESBL (in Estonian)
• Joann Lõssov at Olympics.com

v t e Soviet Union squad – EuroBasket 1947 – Gold medal
3 Ushakov 4 Kolpakov 5 Butautas 6 Lõssov (MVP) 7 Alekseev 8 Dzhordzhikiya 9 Konev 10 Korkia 11 Kullam 12 Kulakauskas 13 Moiseyev 14 Lagunavičius 15 Petkevičius 16 Tarasov Coach: Tsetlin

v t e Soviet Union squad – EuroBasket 1951 – Gold medal
3 Vlasov 4 Kolpakov 5 Nikitin 6 Lõssov 7 Kruus 8 Larionov 9 Konev 10 Korkia 11 Kullam 13 Moiseyev 14 Butautas 15 Belov 19 Lagunavičius Coach: Spandaryan

v t e Soviet Union basketball squad – 1952 Summer Olympics – Silver medal
4 Butautas 5 Dzhordzhikiya 6 Konev 7 Korkia 8 Kruus 9 Kullam 10 Lagunavičius 11 Lõssov 12 Moiseyev 13 Ozerov 14 Petkevičius 15 Stonkus 16 Valdmanis 17 Vlasov Coach: Spandaryan

• 1921 births
• 2000 deaths
• Basketball players at the 1952 Summer Olympics
• Basketball players from Tallinn
• Estonian basketball coaches
• Estonian men's basketball players
• Estonian people of Russian descent
• FIBA EuroBasket–winning players
• Honoured Masters of Sport of the USSR
• KK Kalev players
• Medalists at the 1952 Summer Olympics
• Olympic basketball players for the Soviet Union
• Olympic medalists in basketball
• Olympic silver medalists for the Soviet Union
• Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner of Labour
• Recipients of the Order of the Red Star
• Recipients of the Order of the White Star, 5th Class
• Soviet basketball coaches
• Soviet men's basketball players
• University of Tartu basketball team players