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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 (40 yrs old)

Home Town:

Riga

Height:

190 cm (6'3")

Weight:

87 kg (191 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

195

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$450,693.30

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 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
2012	Olympic Games	London	Janis Smedins - 3rd	Martins Plavins - 3rd
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
2025	World Championships	Adelaide	Kristians Fokerots - 17th	Did not play

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
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
195	7	3	6	6	20	54	43	27	0	$449,850.00	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	9	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	1	2	0	0	$52,450.00	24	18	57.1 %
Total	FIVB	32	0	1	1	1	2	0	9	2	10	2	4	$198,800.00	82	60	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
10	0	0	1	0	0	6	2	1	0	$27,975.00	2012	FIVB	9	0	0	1	0	0	6	2	0	0	$26,225.00
80	2	1	1	1	8	23	18	13	13	$173,900.00	Total	Total	61	0	2	2	2	4	14	12	6	19	$107,125.00

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	14	53.8%	6	23.1%	6	23.1%	20-6	76.9%	7	19.4%	9	25.0%	20	55.6%	7-29	19.4%	28-40	41.2%	26-30	46.4%	0	0	27-35	43.5%

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 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