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August 12 - 15, 2010

(10) Martins Plavins/Janis Smedins, Latvia

Martins Plavins
Latvia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 8, 1985 (40 yrs old)

Home Town:

Riga

Height:

190 cm (6'3")

Weight:

87 kg (191 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

227

Career Wins:

Career CEV Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$500,594.77

Janis Smedins
Latvia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 31, 1987 (38 yrs old)

Home Town:

Kuldiga

Height:

191 cm (6'3")

Weight:

84 kg (185 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

199

Career Wins:

Career CEV Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$787,055.81

Awards

Best Defensive Player 2012

Awards

Best Hitter 2013, 2014
Best Offensive Player 2013, 2016
Best Setter 2013, 2018
Sportsperson 2013
Team of the Year 2013 (with Aleksandrs Samoilovs), 2014 (with Aleksandrs Samoilovs)
Tour Champion 2013 (with Aleksandrs Samoilovs), 2014 (with Aleksandrs Samoilovs)

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	Money
CEV	3	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	US$21,626.35
CEV C&S	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$2,332.26
FIVB	33	1	1	1	1	2	0	9	2	10	2	1	3	US$242,300.00
Overall	37	1	1	2	2	3	0	10	2	10	2	1	3	US$266,258.61

Previous Berlin Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
FIVB 2007	Aleksandrs Samoilovs - 17th	Did not play
FIVB 2008	Aleksandrs Samoilovs - 25th	Did not play
2009	Lauris Iecelnieks - 29th	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/3-8/2010	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	20, Q7	9th	320	US$8,000.00
FIVB	7/27-8/1/2010	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	18, Q8	25th	80	US$3,500.00
FIVB	7/20-25/2010	Marseille Open	8	2nd	540	US$21,000.00
CEV C&S	7/14-18/2010	CEV Challenger Varna	2	4th	140	€ 1,800.00
FIVB	7/6-11/2010	Gstaad Grand Slam	22, Q10	17th	160	US$5,100.00
FIVB	6/29-7/4/2010	Stavanger Grand Slam	26, Q16	9th	320	US$8,000.00
FIVB	6/15-21/2010	Prague Open	Q17	41st	18	US$0.00
FIVB	5/25-30/2010	Myslowice Open	Q16	33rd	30	US$0.00
FIVB	5/18-23/2010	Rome Grand Slam	Q21	41st	24	US$0.00
FIVB	5/3-8/2010	Shanghai Open	Q18	41st	18	US$0.00

European Championship Final Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 8/12/2010	Pool C	Patrick Heuscher / Sascha Heyer, Switzerland (15)	Lost 18-21, 21-11, 9-15	0:50
Thu, 8/12/2010	Pool C	Volkan Gogtepe / Selcuk Sekerci, Türkiye (22)	Won 21-12, 21-11	0:33
Fri, 8/13/2010	Pool C	Julius Brink / Jonas Reckermann, Germany (3)	Lost 16-21, 17-21	0:44
Sat, 8/14/2010	Winner 1	Adrian Gavira / Pablo Herrera, Spain (2)	Won 21-16, 21-19	0:35
Sat, 8/14/2010	Winner 2	David Klemperer / Eric Koreng, Germany (1)	Won 21-13, 21-16	0:39
Sun, 8/15/2010	Semi-Finals	Reinder Nummerdor / Richard Schuil, Netherlands (6)	Lost 21-17, 15-21, 13-15	0:58
Sun, 8/15/2010	Bronze Medal	Inocencio Lario / Raul Mesa, Spain (12)	Won 21-15, 21-16	0:41

Team Finishes By Tournament Type

Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-6th	7-8th	9-12th	13-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
Olympic Games	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
World Championships	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$28,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	20	1	0	0	0	0	0	8	0	9	1	0	$155,800.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	11	0	1	0	0	2	0	1	2	1	1	0	$58,500.00
Confederation Championship	3	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$16,500.00
Total	36	1	1	2	1	3	0	10	2	10	2	0	$258,800.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Martins Plavins												Janis Smedins
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
3	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
8	0	0	0	1	0	1	4	0	0	$36,900.00	World Championships	5	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	$32,000.00
3	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	$17,750.00	World Tour Finals	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	$11,250.00
80	1	0	1	2	5	21	22	13	0	$225,750.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	66	5	5	4	2	8	21	17	2	0	$465,900.00
83	2	2	2	2	9	25	15	14	0	$156,100.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	79	8	1	4	3	8	19	9	6	0	$173,087.50
11	2	1	2	0	2	2	2	0	0	$10,550.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	4	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	$8,100.00
3	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	$1,800.00	Challenger	6	0	1	0	0	2	2	1	0	0	$4,725.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,000.00	Satellite
2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships	3	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	$0.00
13	1	0	2	0	2	5	2	1	0	$28,000.00	Confederation Championship	14	1	4	1	0	2	5	1	0	0	$54,875.00
208	8	3	8	6	22	59	45	28	0	$477,850.00	Total	184	15	11	11	8	21	53	33	9	0	$749,937.50

Team Finishes by Season

			Results												Matches
Season	Assoc	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-6th	7-8th	9-12th	13-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Won	Lost	Pct
2009	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$9,100.00	4	5	44.4 %
2010	FIVB	9	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	4	$45,600.00	23	13	63.9 %
2010	CEV	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$10,000.00	4	3	57.1 %
2010	CEV C&S	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,800.00	3	2	60.0 %
Total	FIVB	11	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	1	4	$54,700.00	27	18	60.0 %
Total	CEV	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$10,000.00	4	3	57.1 %
Total	CEV C&S	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,800.00	3	2	60.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Martins Plavins													Janis Smedins
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2002	FIVB Age Group WC
1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2002	CEV Under Age
											2003	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
											2003	CEV Under Age	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2004	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2004	CEV Under Age	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,000.00	2005	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,450.00	2005	FIVB C&S
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2005	FIVB Age Group WC	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	$0.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2005	CEV Under Age	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	$3,250.00	2006	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	$1,000.00
2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$1,350.00	2006	FIVB C&S	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$1,225.00
											2006	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$0.00	2006	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2006	CEV Under Age
15	0	0	0	0	2	3	5	2	3	$30,500.00	2007	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	$2,000.00
											2007	FIVB C&S	3	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$3,500.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$650.00	2007	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$250.00
											2007	CEV Under Age	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
17	0	0	0	0	1	5	2	6	3	$29,100.00	2008	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	$0.00
											2008	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
											2008	CEV Under Age	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	1	$10,650.00	2009	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$4,550.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2009	CEV
											2009	CEV Under Age	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
9	0	1	0	0	0	2	1	1	4	$22,800.00	2010	FIVB	9	0	1	0	0	0	2	1	1	4	$22,800.00
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$5,000.00	2010	CEV	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$5,000.00
1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$900.00	2010	CEV C&S	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$900.00
68	4	1	2	2	6	15	13	11	14	$106,650.00	Total	Total	52	1	3	2	2	6	6	8	5	19	$41,225.00

Team Match Records

	Won 1st Set								Lost 1st Set								2 Set Matches		3 Set Matches		By Forfeit		All Matches
Season	Won 2-0		Won 2-1		Lost 2-1		Overall		Won 2-1		Lost 2-1		Lost 2-0		Overall		Overall		Overall		Won	Lost	Overall
Overall	10	83.3%	0	0.0%	2	16.7%	10-2	83.3%	0	0.0%	1	16.7%	5	83.3%	0-6	0.0%	10-5	66.7%	0-3	0.0%	0	0	10-8	55.6%
2009-2010	4	80.0%	0	0.0%	1	20.0%	4-1	80.0%	0	0.0%	1	50.0%	1	50.0%	0-2	0.0%	4-1	80.0%	0-2	0.0%	0	0	4-3	57.1%
Against the Field	4	66.7%	0	0.0%	2	33.3%	4-2	66.7%	0	0.0%	1	33.3%	2	66.7%	0-3	0.0%	8-4	66.7%	0-6	0.0%	0	0	4-5	44.4%

Team Match Records by Round

	Country Quota		Qualifier		Pool Play		Lucky Loser		Elimination Rounds		Semi-Finals		Bronze Medal		Gold Medal		Overall
Tournament Type	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost
Olympic Games	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	6	1
World Championships	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	6	2
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	10	2	33	21	0	0	6	17	1	0	0	0	1	0	51	40
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	3	3	0	0	0	0	10	7	1	0	0	0	0	1	25	18
Confederation Championship	0	0	0	0	4	5	0	0	5	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	10	8
Total	0	0	13	5	43	26	0	0	26	26	2	3	2	1	1	1	98	69

Head to Head Results
Plavins/Smedins lead the series against the field 8-6 (Lead 6 Series, Trail 4 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 1 Klemperer/Koreng, Germany 1-0
8/14/10	CEV	European Championship Final	Winner 2	Plavins/Smedins	10	Klemperer/Koreng	1	21-13, 21-16	0:39
Lead the series against # 2 Gavira/Herrera, Spain 2-0
8/14/10	CEV	European Championship Final	Winner 1	Plavins/Smedins	10	Gavira/Herrera	2	21-16, 21-19	0:35
7/23/10	FIVB	Marseille Open	Winner 3	Plavins/Smedins	8	Gavira/Herrera	1	19-21, 21-16, 15-11	0:51
Trail the series against # 3 Brink/Reckermann, Germany 0-1
8/13/10	CEV	European Championship Final	Pool C	Brink/Reckermann	3	Plavins/Smedins	10	21-16, 21-17	0:44
Lead the series against # 4 Fijalek/Prudel, Poland 1-0
8/5/10	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Pool M	Plavins/Smedins	20, Q7	Fijalek/Prudel	4	21-16, 19-21, 16-14	0:55
Trail the series against # 6 Nummerdor/Schuil, Netherlands 0-2
8/15/10	CEV	European Championship Final	Semi-Finals	Nummerdor/Schuil	6	Plavins/Smedins	10	17-21, 21-15, 15-13	0:58
7/29/10	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool K	Nummerdor/Schuil	15	Plavins/Smedins	18, Q8	22-20, 21-19	0:37
Series tied with # 7 Gosch/Horst, Austria 1-1
7/24/10	FIVB	Marseille Open	Semi-Finals	Plavins/Smedins	8	Gosch/Horst	6	21-14, 21-19	0:46
7/16/09	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool B	Gosch/Horst	15	Plavins/Smedins	31, Q21	21-18, 21-13	0:41
Lead the series against # 12 Lario/Mesa, Spain 1-0
8/15/10	CEV	European Championship Final	Bronze Medal	Plavins/Smedins	10	Lario/Mesa	12	21-15, 21-16	0:41
Trail the series against # 15 Heuscher/Heyer, Switzerland 0-1
8/12/10	CEV	European Championship Final	Pool C	Heuscher/Heyer	15	Plavins/Smedins	10	21-18, 11-21, 15-9	0:50
Lead the series against # 16 Babich/Ioisher, Ukraine 1-0
7/17/10	CEV C&S	CEV Challenger Varna	Winner 3	Plavins/Smedins	2	Babich/Ioisher	3	21-13, 21-15	0:47
Lead the series against # 22 Gogtepe/Sekerci, Türkiye 1-0
8/12/10	CEV	European Championship Final	Pool C	Plavins/Smedins	10	Gogtepe/Sekerci	22	21-12, 21-11	0:33
Trail the series against # 23 Dumek/Tichy, Czech Republic 0-1
7/18/10	CEV C&S	CEV Challenger Varna	Bronze Medal	Dumek/Tichy	13, Q7	Plavins/Smedins	2	21-16, 21-16	0:41