Team Preview

Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$600,000 Mazuri Orlen Grand Slam
August 14 - 19, 2012

(12) 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 Stare Jablonki Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2005	Aleksandrs Samoilovs - 25th	Did not play
2006	Did not play	Toms Smedins - 41st
2007	Aleksandrs Samoilovs - 7th	Toms Smedins - 25th
2008	Aleksandrs Samoilovs - 33rd	Did not play
2009	Toms Smedins - 17th	Did not play
2010	Janis Smedins - 9th	Martins Plavins - 9th
2011	Janis Smedins - 17th	Martins Plavins - 17th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/28-8/9/2012	London 2012 Olympic Games	17	3rd	0	US$0.00
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

Stare Jablonki Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 8/16/2012	Pool N	Daniel Mullner / Jorg Wutzl, Austria (28, Q7)	Lost 15-21, 21-11, 13-15	0:43
Thu, 8/16/2012	Pool N	Aleksandrs Samoilovs / Ruslans Sorokins, Latvia (5)	Won 21-18, 21-15	0:39
Fri, 8/17/2012	Pool N	Piotr Kantor / Bartosz Losiak, Poland (21)	Won 21-18, 21-13	0:37
Sat, 8/18/2012	Winner 2	Kay Matysik / Alexander Walkenhorst, Germany (17)	Won 21-17, 21-13	0:36
Sat, 8/18/2012	Winner 3	Alison Cerutti / Emanuel Rego, Brazil (1)	Won 21-17, 23-21	0:37
Sun, 8/19/2012	Semi-Finals	Phil Dalhausser / Todd Rogers, United States (4)	Won 17-21, 21-15, 15-12	0:57
Sun, 8/19/2012	Gold Medal	Clemens Doppler / Alexander Horst, Austria (25)	Won 21-19, 22-20	0:44

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	10	1	0	1	0	0	0	5	1	2	0	0	$95,950.00	30	19	61.2 %
Total	FIVB	33	1	1	1	1	2	0	9	2	10	2	4	$242,300.00	88	61	59.1 %

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
11	1	0	1	0	0	6	2	1	0	$49,725.00	2012	FIVB	10	1	0	1	0	0	6	2	0	0	$47,975.00
81	3	1	1	1	8	23	18	13	13	$195,650.00	Total	Total	62	1	2	2	2	4	14	12	6	19	$128,875.00

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	20	74.1%	2	7.4%	5	18.5%	22-5	81.5%	5	23.8%	4	19.0%	12	57.1%	5-16	23.8%	40-24	62.5%	14-18	43.8%	0	0	27-21	56.3%

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 27-21 (Lead 11 Series, Trail 4 Series, 7 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Series tied with # 1 Cerutti/Rego, Brazil 1-1
8/18/12	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Winner 3	Plavins/Smedins	12	Cerutti/Rego	1	21-17, 23-21	0:37
8/7/12	FIVB	London 2012 Olympic Games	Semi-Finals	Cerutti/Rego	1	Plavins/Smedins	17	21-15, 22-20	0:41
Series tied with # 2 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 # 4 Dalhausser/Rogers, United States 1-4
8/19/12	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Semi-Finals	Plavins/Smedins	12	Dalhausser/Rogers	4	17-21, 21-15, 15-12	0:57
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
Lead the series against # 5 Samoilovs/Sorokins, Latvia 2-1
8/16/12	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Pool N	Plavins/Smedins	12	Samoilovs/Sorokins	5	21-18, 21-15	0:39
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 # 7 Dollinger/Windscheif, Germany 1-1
7/19/12	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool J	Dollinger/Windscheif	17	Plavins/Smedins	16	22-20, 21-15	0:41
8/21/10	FIVB	Aland Open	Contender 5	Plavins/Smedins	6	Dollinger/Windscheif	20	21-13, 21-16	0:35
Trail the series against # 8 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 # 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
Lead the series against # 10 Kadziola/Szalankiewicz, Poland 2-0
7/11/12	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool N	Plavins/Smedins	12	Kadziola/Szalankiewicz	21	13-21, 21-17, 15-13	0:53
5/25/12	FIVB	Prague Open	Contender 3	Plavins/Smedins	17	Kadziola/Szalankiewicz	25, Q5	19-21, 21-19, 15-9	0:52
Series tied with # 13 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 # 17 Matysik/Walkenhorst, Germany 1-0
8/18/12	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Winner 2	Plavins/Smedins	12	Matysik/Walkenhorst	17	21-17, 21-13	0:36
Lead the series against # 18 Ingrosso/Ingrosso, Italy 1-0
7/14/11	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool M	Plavins/Smedins	13	Ingrosso/Ingrosso	20, Q10	21-16, 21-16	0:39
Series tied with # 19 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
Series tied with # 21 Kantor/Losiak, Poland 1-1
8/17/12	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Pool N	Plavins/Smedins	12	Kantor/Losiak	21	21-18, 21-13	0:37
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 # 23, Q4 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
Lead the series against # 24, Q5 Huber/Seidl, Austria 1-0
7/20/12	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Winner 1	Plavins/Smedins	16	Huber/Seidl	9	21-13, 22-20	0:42
Series tied with # 25 Doppler/Horst, Austria 1-1
8/19/12	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Gold Medal	Plavins/Smedins	12	Doppler/Horst	25	21-19, 22-20	0:44
4/26/12	FIVB	Silesia Open	Winner 2	Doppler/Horst	28, Q4	Plavins/Smedins	21	21-18, 21-16	0:35
Lead the series against # 26, Q9 Lario/Mesa, Spain 1-0
6/10/12	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool M	Plavins/Smedins	20	Lario/Mesa	29, Q13	21-17, 21-17	0:39
Lead the series against # 27, Q2 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
Trail the series against # 28, Q7 Mullner/Wutzl, Austria 0-1
8/16/12	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Pool N	Mullner/Wutzl	28, Q7	Plavins/Smedins	12	21-15, 11-21, 15-13	0:43
Lead the series against # 32, Q27 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
Lead the series against # Q10 Keenan/Mayer, United States 2-0
7/11/12	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool N	Plavins/Smedins	12	Keenan/Mayer	28, Q23	21-19, 21-18	0:39
5/4/12	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Pool M	Plavins/Smedins	20	Keenan/Mayer	29, Q25	21-15, 21-19	0:39
Lead the series against # Q15 Kollo/Vesik, Estonia 1-0
7/19/12	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool J	Plavins/Smedins	16	Kollo/Vesik	32, Q19	21-16, 21-9	0:31