Joann Lõssov

{{Infobox sportsperson

| image = Joann Lossov.jpg

| caption = Joann Lõssov during basketball game

| birth_date = {{Birth-date|10 September 1921}}

| birth_place = Tallinn, Estonia

| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2000|8|3|1921|9|10}}

| death_place = Tallinn, Estonia

| position = Point guard

| height = 174 cm

| medaltemplates = {{MedalCountry | {{URS}} }}

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Joann Lõssov (10 September 1921 – 3 August 2000), also known as Ioann Fyodorovich Lysov ({{Langx|ru|Иоанн Фёдорович Лысов}}), was an Estonian basketball player. Lõssov trained at VSS Kalev, in Tallinn.{{cite book|title=All about Olympic Games.|author=Boris Khavin|publisher=Fizkultura i sport|edition = 2nd|pages=307|year=1979|location=Moscow|language=Russian}} 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.[https://korvpall100.ee/et/kuulsuste-hall/Joann+L%C3%B5ssov Eesti korvpall 100 - Kuulsuste Hall - Joann Lõssov]

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.{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/lo/joann-lossov-1.html |title=Joann Lõssov |access-date=15 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161203133826/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/lo/joann-lossov-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=3 December 2016}}