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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
London 2012 Olympic Games
July 28 - August 9, 2012

(17) Martins Plavins/Janis Smedins, Latvia

Martins Plavins
Latvia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 8, 1985 (39 yrs old)

Home Town:

Riga

Height:

190 cm (6'3")

Weight:

87 kg (191 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

184

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$412,724.80

Janis Smedins
Latvia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 31, 1987 (37 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

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 London Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/17-22/2012	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	16	9th	320	US$8,000.00
FIVB	7/10-14/2012	Berlin Grand Slam	12	17th	160	US$5,100.00
FIVB	6/13-17/2012	Grand Slam Rome	14	9th	320	US$8,000.00
FIVB	6/7-12/2012	Moscow Grand Slam	20	9th	320	US$8,000.00
FIVB	5/22-27/2012	Prague Open	17	9th	240	US$6,000.00
FIVB	5/8-13/2012	Beijing Grand Slam	20	9th	320	US$8,000.00
FIVB	5/1-6/2012	Shanghai Grand Slam	20	17th	160	US$5,100.00
FIVB	4/24-29/2012	Silesia Open	21	13th	180	US$4,250.00
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

London 2012 Olympic Games Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Sun, 7/29/2012

Pool E

Jonathan Erdmann / Kay Matysik, Germany (8)

Won 19-21, 23-21, 15-9

0:57

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Martins Plavins	Total	49	26	0	0.531	0	20	1	2
	1	49	26	0	0.531	0	20	1	2
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Janis Smedins	Total	14	9	0	0.643	2	3	1	3
	1	14	9	0	0.643	2	3	1	3
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0

Tue, 7/31/2012

Pool E

Igor Hernandez / Jesus Villafane, Venezuela (20)

Won 21-14, 21-16

0:38

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Martins Plavins	Total	41	24	0	0.585	0	18	0	0
	1	41	24	0	0.585	0	18	0	0
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Janis Smedins	Total	11	7	0	0.636	2	4	0	2
	1	11	7	0	0.636	2	4	0	2
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0

Thu, 8/2/2012

Pool E

Reinder Nummerdor / Richard Schuil, Netherlands (5)

Won 21-14, 21-18

0:38

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Martins Plavins	Total	23	15	0	0.652	0	8	1	0
	1	23	15	0	0.652	0	8	1	0
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Janis Smedins	Total	27	16	0	0.593	3	7	1	2
	1	27	16	0	0.593	3	7	1	2
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0

Fri, 8/3/2012

Winner 1

Tarjei Skarlund / Martin Spinnangr, Norway (18)

Won 21-18, 21-16

0:40

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Martins Plavins	Total	31	18	0	0.581	0	13	0	1
	1	31	18	0	0.581	0	13	0	1
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Janis Smedins	Total	15	9	0	0.600	4	5	0	2
	1	15	9	0	0.600	4	5	0	2
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0

Mon, 8/6/2012

Winner 2

Jake Gibb / Sean Rosenthal, United States (4)

Won 19-21, 21-18, 15-11

0:57

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Martins Plavins	Total	52	25	0	0.481	0	19	1	1
	1	52	25	0	0.481	0	19	1	1
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Janis Smedins	Total	18	12	0	0.667	4	3	2	2
	1	18	12	0	0.667	4	3	2	2
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0

Tue, 8/7/2012

Semi-Finals

Alison Cerutti / Emanuel Rego, Brazil (1)

Lost 15-21, 20-22

0:41

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Martins Plavins	Total	22	8	0	0.364	3	13	1	1
	1	22	8	0	0.364	3	13	1	1
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Janis Smedins	Total	33	13	0	0.394	2	6	0	1
	1	33	13	0	0.394	2	6	0	1
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0

Thu, 8/9/2012

Bronze Medal

Reinder Nummerdor / Richard Schuil, Netherlands (5)

Won 19-21, 21-19, 15-11

0:55

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Martins Plavins	Total	26	16	0	0.615	0	16	1	0
	1	26	16	0	0.615	0	16	1	0
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Janis Smedins	Total	39	20	0	0.513	7	4	2	0
	1	39	20	0	0.513	7	4	2	0
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Martins Plavins	244	132	0	0.541	3	107	5	5
Janis Smedins	157	86	0	0.548	24	32	6	12
Total	401	218	0	0.544	27	139	11	17
Opponents	400	202	0	0.505	24	104	9	31

Olympic Games, World Championships, World Tour Finals Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2007	World Championships	Gstaad	Aleksandrs Samoilovs - 37th	Did not play
2008	Olympic Games	Beijing	Aleksandrs Samoilovs - 9th	Did not play
2009	World Championships	Stavanger	Lauris Iecelnieks - 37th	Did not play
2011	World Championships	Rome	Janis Smedins - 4th	Martins Plavins - 4th
2013	World Championships	Stare Jablonki	Janis Peda - 17th	Aleksandrs Samoilovs - 9th
2015	World Championships	The Hague	Aleksandrs Samoilovs - 17th	Did not play
2016	Olympic Games	Rio de Janeiro	Did not play	Aleksandrs Samoilovs - 19th
2016	World Tour Finals	Toronto	Did not play	Aleksandrs Samoilovs - 5th
2017	World Championships	Vienna	Haralds Regza - 17th	Aleksandrs Samoilovs - 9th
2018	World Tour Finals	Hamburg	Edgars Tocs - 5th	Aleksandrs Samoilovs - 9th
2019	World Championships	Hamburg	Edgars Tocs - 9th	Aleksandrs Samoilovs - 17th
2019	World Tour Finals	Rome	Edgars Tocs - 9th	Aleksandrs Samoilovs - 17th
2021	Olympic Games	Tokyo	Edgars Tocs - 4th	Did not play
2021	World Tour Finals	Cagliari	Edgars Tocs - 9th	Did not play
2022	World Championships	Rome	Did not play	Aleksandrs Samoilovs - 17th

Head to Head Results
Plavins/Smedins trail the series against the field 23-35 (Lead 4 Series, Trail 12 Series, 3 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Cerutti/Rego, Brazil 0-1
8/7/12	FIVB	London 2012 Olympic Games	Semi-Finals	Cerutti/Rego	1	Plavins/Smedins	17	21-15, 22-20	0:41
Trail the series against # 2 Dalhausser/Rogers, United States 0-4
5/24/12	FIVB	Prague Open	Winner 2	Dalhausser/Rogers	1	Plavins/Smedins	17	21-14, 21-10	0:32
7/15/11	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool M	Dalhausser/Rogers	4	Plavins/Smedins	13	21-19, 21-17	0:39
7/8/11	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool M	Dalhausser/Rogers	4	Plavins/Smedins	13	21-12, 21-18	0:37
7/3/10	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Winner 2	Dalhausser/Rogers	1	Plavins/Smedins	26, Q16	21-19, 21-18	0:41
Trail the series against # 3 Brink/Reckermann, Germany 1-4
7/21/12	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Winner 2	Brink/Reckermann	6	Plavins/Smedins	16	19-21, 21-17, 15-13	0:57
7/12/12	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool N	Brink/Reckermann	5	Plavins/Smedins	12	21-17, 21-15	0:41
6/15/12	FIVB	Grand Slam Rome	Pool L	Plavins/Smedins	14	Brink/Reckermann	3	21-16, 21-17	0:40
6/9/12	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool M	Brink/Reckermann	4	Plavins/Smedins	20	21-17, 21-13	0:39
6/19/11	FIVB	Rome World Championships	Bronze Medal	Brink/Reckermann	4	Plavins/Smedins	15	22-20, 18-21, 15-11	0:59
Series tied with # 4 Gibb/Rosenthal, United States 2-2
8/6/12	FIVB	London 2012 Olympic Games	Winner 2	Plavins/Smedins	17	Gibb/Rosenthal	4	19-21, 21-18, 15-11	0:57
7/20/12	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool J	Gibb/Rosenthal	1	Plavins/Smedins	16	19-21, 21-16, 15-10	0:53
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
Trail the series against # 5 Nummerdor/Schuil, Netherlands 2-3
8/9/12	FIVB	London 2012 Olympic Games	Bronze Medal	Plavins/Smedins	17	Nummerdor/Schuil	5	19-21, 21-19, 15-11	0:55
8/2/12	FIVB	London 2012 Olympic Games	Pool E	Plavins/Smedins	17	Nummerdor/Schuil	5	21-14, 21-18	0:38
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
Lead the series against # 7 Cunha/Santos, Brazil 2-1
5/3/12	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Pool M	Cunha/Santos	4	Plavins/Smedins	20	21-15, 19-21, 15-11	0:53
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 # 8 Erdmann/Matysik, Germany 4-1
7/29/12	FIVB	London 2012 Olympic Games	Pool E	Plavins/Smedins	17	Erdmann/Matysik	8	19-21, 23-21, 15-9	0:57
7/28/11	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Pool M	Plavins/Smedins	20	Erdmann/Matysik	13	18-21, 21-18, 15-13	0:53
6/17/11	FIVB	Rome World Championships	Winner 2	Plavins/Smedins	15	Erdmann/Matysik	20	21-17, 16-21, 19-17	0:58
5/19/11	FIVB	Prague Open	Contender 3	Plavins/Smedins	8	Erdmann/Matysik	15	21-19, 18-21, 15-10	0:51
5/18/10	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Erdmann/Matysik	29, Q12	Plavins/Smedins	Q21	22-20, 12-21, 15-13	1:02
Trail the series against # 9 Fijalek/Prudel, Poland 1-3
7/28/11	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Pool M	Fijalek/Prudel	4	Plavins/Smedins	20	22-20, 21-15	0:38
7/15/11	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Winner 1	Fijalek/Prudel	5	Plavins/Smedins	13	24-26, 21-15, 15-13	0:54
7/2/11	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Winner 2	Fijalek/Prudel	13	Plavins/Smedins	11	17-21, 21-18, 17-15	0:53
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 # 10 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
Lead the series against # 11 Gavira/Herrera, Spain 3-1
5/10/12	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Pool M	Plavins/Smedins	20	Gavira/Herrera	4	23-21, 21-15	0:38
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 # 12 Bellaguarda/Heuscher, Switzerland 0-2
6/16/12	FIVB	Grand Slam Rome	Winner 2	Bellaguarda/Heuscher	24	Plavins/Smedins	14	23-21, 21-17	0:41
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 # 13 Lupo/Nicolai, Italy 1-2
5/12/12	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Winner 2	Lupo/Nicolai	14	Plavins/Smedins	20	21-17, 21-15	0:34
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
Trail the series against # 14 Benes/Kubala, Czech Republic 1-2
5/10/12	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Pool M	Plavins/Smedins	20	Benes/Kubala	13	21-13, 27-29, 15-9	0:57
5/3/12	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Pool M	Benes/Kubala	13	Plavins/Smedins	20	27-25, 21-19	0:50
5/19/11	FIVB	Prague Open	Winner 2	Benes/Kubala	9	Plavins/Smedins	8	18-21, 21-15, 15-11	0:48
Trail the series against # 15 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
Series tied with # 16 Samoilovs/Sorokins, Latvia 1-1
7/12/12	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Winner 1	Samoilovs/Sorokins	6	Plavins/Smedins	12	14-21, 21-19, 15-12	0:51
6/9/12	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool M	Plavins/Smedins	20	Samoilovs/Sorokins	13	21-15, 21-14	0:34
Series tied with # 18 Skarlund/Spinnangr, Norway 2-2
8/3/12	FIVB	London 2012 Olympic Games	Winner 1	Plavins/Smedins	17	Skarlund/Spinnangr	18	21-18, 21-16	0:40
5/25/12	FIVB	Prague Open	Contender 2	Plavins/Smedins	17	Skarlund/Spinnangr	18	21-18, 34-32	0:49
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 # 19 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 # 20 Hernandez/Villafane, Venezuela 3-0
7/31/12	FIVB	London 2012 Olympic Games	Pool E	Plavins/Smedins	17	Hernandez/Villafane	20	21-14, 21-16	0:38
5/26/10	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Qualifier 2	Plavins/Smedins	Q16	Hernandez/Villafane	Q17	21-15, 26-24	0:47
7/23/09	FIVB	Marseille Grand Slam	Winner 1	Plavins/Smedins	34, Q14	Hernandez/Villafane	31, Q3	12-21, 21-18, 16-14	0:52
Trail the series against # 24 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