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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$190,000 Silesia Open
April 24 - 29, 2012

(21) 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:

196

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$462,193.30

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:

170

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$695,109.35

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
FIVB	33	1	1	1	1	2	0	9	2	10	2	1	3	US$242,300.00

Previous Myslowice Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
FIVB Age Group WC 2006	Did not play	Toms Smedins - 4th
2010	Janis Smedins - 33rd	Martins Plavins - 33rd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/23-28/2011	The Hague Open	16	25th	60	US$2,000.00
FIVB	8/16-21/2011	Åland Open	19	13th	180	US$4,250.00
FIVB	8/2-7/2011	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	20	9th	320	US$8,000.00
FIVB	7/26-31/2011	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	20	17th	160	US$5,100.00
FIVB	7/12-17/2011	Moscow Grand Slam	13	17th	160	US$5,100.00
FIVB	7/5-10/2011	Gstaad Grand Slam	13	17th	160	US$5,100.00
FIVB	6/28-7/3/2011	Stavanger Grand Slam	11	9th	320	US$8,000.00
FIVB	6/13-19/2011	Rome World Championships	15	4th	700	US$28,000.00
FIVB	6/6-11/2011	Beijing Grand Slam	14	17th	160	US$5,100.00
FIVB	5/17-22/2011	Prague Open	8	5th	360	US$9,100.00

Silesia Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 4/26/2012	Winner 1	Daniele Lupo / Paolo Nicolai, Italy (12)	Won 24-22, 9-21, 15-9	0:48
Thu, 4/26/2012	Winner 2	Clemens Doppler / Alexander Horst, Austria (28, Q4)	Lost 18-21, 16-21	0:35
Fri, 4/27/2012	Contender 2	Geir Eithun / Iver Horrem, Norway (27, Q7)	Won 21-18, 21-15	0:39
Fri, 4/27/2012	Contender 3	Josh Binstock / Martin Reader, Canada (30, Q22)	Lost 20-22, 21-15, 12-15	0:53

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
Total	33	1	1	1	1	2	0	9	2	10	2	0	$242,300.00

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
81	1	1	1	2	5	21	22	13	0	$237,250.00	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
196	7	4	6	6	20	54	43	27	0	$461,350.00	Total	170	14	7	10	8	19	48	32	9	0	$695,062.50

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	11	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	2	1	4	$57,500.00	28	17	62.2 %
2011	FIVB	10	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	1	4	1	0	$79,750.00	26	20	56.5 %
2012	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$4,250.00	2	2	50.0 %
Total	FIVB	24	0	1	0	1	2	0	4	2	8	2	4	$150,600.00	60	44	57.7 %

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
											2003	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	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	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
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
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
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
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
11	0	1	0	0	1	2	2	1	4	$28,750.00	2010	FIVB	11	0	1	0	0	1	2	2	1	4	$28,750.00
10	0	0	0	1	1	3	4	1	0	$39,875.00	2011	FIVB	10	0	0	0	1	1	3	4	1	0	$39,875.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$2,125.00	2012	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$2,125.00
71	2	1	0	1	8	18	16	12	13	$148,050.00	Total	Total	53	0	2	1	2	4	9	10	6	19	$83,025.00

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	62	75.6%	10	12.2%	10	12.2%	72-10	87.8%	16	23.9%	11	16.4%	40	59.7%	16-51	23.9%	62-40	60.8%	26-21	55.3%	0	0	88-61	59.1%
2011-2012	36	69.2%	8	15.4%	8	15.4%	44-8	84.6%	12	27.9%	9	20.9%	22	51.2%	12-31	27.9%	36-22	62.1%	20-17	54.1%	0	0	56-39	58.9%
Against the Field	28	75.7%	4	10.8%	5	13.5%	32-5	86.5%	9	25.0%	8	22.2%	19	52.8%	9-27	25.0%	56-38	59.6%	26-26	50.0%	0	0	41-32	56.2%

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
Total	0	0	13	5	39	21	0	0	21	24	2	2	1	1	1	1	88	61

Head to Head Results
Plavins/Smedins lead the series against the field 25-22 (Lead 12 Series, Trail 10 Series, 4 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 1 Cunha/Santos, Brazil 2-0
8/19/11	FIVB	Åland Open	Contender 2	Plavins/Smedins	19	Cunha/Santos	4	21-14, 21-18	0:37
8/4/11	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool M	Plavins/Smedins	20	Cunha/Santos	4	21-16, 20-22, 15-13	0:55
Lead the series against # 3 Gavira/Herrera, Spain 2-1
7/1/11	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool O	Gavira/Herrera	6	Plavins/Smedins	11	21-17, 21-16	0:34
5/19/11	FIVB	Prague Open	Contender 5	Plavins/Smedins	8	Gavira/Herrera	7	21-18, 21-16	0:34
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 # 4 Bellaguarda/Heuscher, Switzerland 0-1
6/8/11	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Pool C	Bellaguarda/Heuscher	19	Plavins/Smedins	14	21-16, 21-11	0:34
Trail the series against # 7 Nummerdor/Schuil, Netherlands 0-3
8/18/11	FIVB	Åland Open	Winner 1	Nummerdor/Schuil	14	Plavins/Smedins	19	21-13, 21-9	0:30
8/27/10	FIVB	The Hague Open	Contender 2	Nummerdor/Schuil	9	Plavins/Smedins	7	24-22, 21-14	0:30
7/29/10	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool K	Nummerdor/Schuil	15	Plavins/Smedins	18, Q8	22-20, 21-19	0:37
Trail the series against # 8 Klemperer/Koreng, Germany 0-1
8/19/11	FIVB	Åland Open	Contender 3	Klemperer/Koreng	12	Plavins/Smedins	19	24-22, 21-19	0:41
Series tied with # 12 Lupo/Nicolai, Italy 1-1
4/26/12	FIVB	Silesia Open	Winner 1	Plavins/Smedins	21	Lupo/Nicolai	12	24-22, 9-21, 15-9	0:48
7/29/11	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Winner 1	Lupo/Nicolai	14	Plavins/Smedins	20	21-18, 21-18	0:35
Series tied with # 13 Gibb/Rosenthal, United States 1-1
6/16/11	FIVB	Rome World Championships	Pool J	Plavins/Smedins	15	Gibb/Rosenthal	10	21-15, 21-19	0:33
6/10/11	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Winner 1	Gibb/Rosenthal	11	Plavins/Smedins	14	21-17, 18-21, 20-18	0:57
Series tied with # 14 Koshkarev/Semenov, Russia 1-1
8/4/11	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool M	Plavins/Smedins	20	Koshkarev/Semenov	13	21-17, 21-17	0:37
7/8/11	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Winner 1	Koshkarev/Semenov	14	Plavins/Smedins	13	21-18, 19-21, 15-12	0:45
Trail the series against # 15 Wu/Xu, China 0-3
8/21/10	FIVB	Aland Open	Contender 6	Wu/Xu	4	Plavins/Smedins	6	21-16, 18-21, 15-7	0:48
7/29/10	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool K	Wu/Xu	2	Plavins/Smedins	18, Q8	21-16, 21-18	0:40
7/25/10	FIVB	Marseille Open	Gold Medal	Wu/Xu	2	Plavins/Smedins	8	21-15, 21-19	0:40
Trail the series against # 17 Chevallier/Heyer, Switzerland 0-1
5/19/11	FIVB	Prague Open	Contender 6	Chevallier/Heyer	29, Q9	Plavins/Smedins	8	23-21, 19-21, 15-13	0:56
Trail the series against # 19 Skarlund/Spinnangr, Norway 0-2
8/25/11	FIVB	The Hague Open	Winner 1	Skarlund/Spinnangr	17	Plavins/Smedins	16	21-12, 18-21, 15-12	0:48
8/6/11	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Winner 2	Skarlund/Spinnangr	21	Plavins/Smedins	20	21-15, 15-21, 15-13	0:49
Trail the series against # 20 "Geor" Gomes/Terceiro, Georgia 0-1
5/26/10	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Qualifier 3	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	21, Q1	Plavins/Smedins	Q16	21-18, 23-21	0:46
Lead the series against # 22 Boersma/Spijkers, Netherlands 2-1
8/5/11	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool M	Plavins/Smedins	20	Boersma/Spijkers	29, Q3	21-19, 23-25, 15-13	1:00
6/30/11	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool O	Plavins/Smedins	11	Boersma/Spijkers	22	14-21, 21-12, 15-4	0:39
8/26/10	FIVB	The Hague Open	Winner 2	Boersma/Spijkers	10	Plavins/Smedins	7	14-21, 21-13, 16-14	0:52
Lead the series against # 23, Q3 Brinkborg/Gunnarsson, Sweden 2-1
6/30/11	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool O	Plavins/Smedins	11	Brinkborg/Gunnarsson	27	21-14, 21-13	0:29
5/19/11	FIVB	Prague Open	Contender 2	Plavins/Smedins	8	Brinkborg/Gunnarsson	26, Q10	21-10, 21-16	0:31
5/4/10	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Qualifier 2	Brinkborg/Gunnarsson	Q15	Plavins/Smedins	Q18	21-16, 22-20	0:39
Lead the series against # 24, Q5 Ces/Ces, France 1-0
6/30/10	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Plavins/Smedins	26, Q16	Ces/Ces	Q1	23-21, 21-17	0:46
Series tied with # 25 Dyachenko/Sidorenko, Kazakhstan 1-1
8/19/10	FIVB	Aland Open	Winner 2	Plavins/Smedins	6	Dyachenko/Sidorenko	22, Q5	15-21, 21-16, 15-10	0:54
7/30/10	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool K	Dyachenko/Sidorenko	31, Q22	Plavins/Smedins	18, Q8	29-27, 24-22	0:58
Lead the series against # 27, Q7 Eithun/Horrem, Norway 1-0
4/27/12	FIVB	Silesia Open	Contender 2	Plavins/Smedins	21	Eithun/Horrem	27, Q7	21-18, 21-15	0:39
Trail the series against # 28, Q4 Doppler/Horst, Austria 0-1
4/26/12	FIVB	Silesia Open	Winner 2	Doppler/Horst	28, Q4	Plavins/Smedins	21	21-18, 21-16	0:35
Trail the series against # 30, Q22 Binstock/Reader, Canada 0-1
4/27/12	FIVB	Silesia Open	Contender 3	Binstock/Reader	30, Q22	Plavins/Smedins	21	22-20, 15-21, 15-12	0:53
Lead the series against Insfran/Schmidt, Brazil 3-0
8/5/10	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Pool M	Plavins/Smedins	20, Q7	Insfran/Schmidt	13	21-18, 17-21, 15-12	1:03
7/23/10	FIVB	Marseille Open	Winner 4	Plavins/Smedins	8	Insfran/Schmidt	4	21-19, 21-19	0:50
7/1/10	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool P	Plavins/Smedins	26, Q16	Insfran/Schmidt	7	21-13, 21-17	0:40
Lead the series against # Q1 Hoyer/Soderberg, Denmark 3-0
6/18/11	FIVB	Rome World Championships	Winner 3	Plavins/Smedins	15	Hoyer/Soderberg	23	21-19, 21-17	0:40
8/6/10	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Pool M	Plavins/Smedins	20, Q7	Hoyer/Soderberg	29, Q11	21-17, 21-16	0:41
7/17/09	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool B	Plavins/Smedins	31, Q21	Hoyer/Soderberg	18	25-23, 21-18	0:49
Lead the series against # Q2 Dollinger/Windscheif, Germany 1-0
8/21/10	FIVB	Aland Open	Contender 5	Plavins/Smedins	6	Dollinger/Windscheif	20	21-13, 21-16	0:35
Lead the series against # Q10 Jaani/Vesik, Estonia 2-0
6/15/11	FIVB	Rome World Championships	Pool J	Plavins/Smedins	15	Jaani/Vesik	34	21-16, 21-15	0:38
7/1/10	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool P	Plavins/Smedins	26, Q16	Jaani/Vesik	23	21-12, 21-18	0:34
Lead the series against # Q11 Boehm/Kapa, Australia 1-0
7/28/10	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Plavins/Smedins	18, Q8	Boehm/Kapa	Q25	21-18, 21-18	0:45
Trail the series against # Q27 Kantor/Losiak, Poland 0-1
8/25/11	FIVB	The Hague Open	Contender 1	Kantor/Losiak	32	Plavins/Smedins	16	21-19, 21-17	0:30
Lead the series against # Q39 Kavalenka/Zharykau, Belarus 1-0
7/15/09	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Plavins/Smedins	31, Q21	Kavalenka/Zharykau	Q28	21-18, 21-16	0:39