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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$350,000 Otera Open Kristiansand
August 26 - 31, 2008

(19) Aleksandrs Samoilovs/Ruslans Sorokins, Latvia

Aleksandrs Samoilovs
Latvia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 6, 1985 (41 yrs old)

Home Town:

Riga

Height:

196 cm (6'5")

Weight:

96 kg (211 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

234

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$861,578.86

Ruslans Sorokins
Latvia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 11, 1982 (44 yrs old)

Home Town:

Riga

Height:

196 cm (6'5")

Weight:

96 kg (211 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

103

Career Best:

2nd (4 times)

Career FIVB WT Best:

2nd (Kristiansand 2009)

Career Winnings:

US$170,032.23

Awards

Team of the Year 2013 (with Janis Smedins), 2014 (with Janis Smedins)
Tour Champion 2013 (with Janis Smedins), 2014 (with Janis Smedins)
Sportsperson 2018

Awards

Top Rookie 2009

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	Money
CEV	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	US$11,561.20
FIVB	52	0	1	0	0	5	0	15	5	12	9	2	3	US$279,900.00
Overall	57	0	1	0	0	6	0	17	5	14	9	2	3	US$291,461.20

Previous Kristiansand Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2007	Martins Plavins - 13th	Did not play

Recent Results Have not played together in the last year

Kristiansand Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 8/28/2008	Winner 1	Mariano Baracetti / Jose Salema, Argentina (14)	Lost 18-21, 17-21	0:44
Thu, 8/28/2008	Contender 1	Dmitry Karpov / Evgeny Vasilyev, Russia (30, Q17)	Won 17-21, 21-18, 16-14	0:53
Fri, 8/29/2008	Contender 2	Kristjan Kais / Rivo Vesik, Estonia (4)	Won 14-21, 21-19, 20-18	0:53
Fri, 8/29/2008	Contender 3	Anders Lund Hoyer / Bo Soderberg, Denmark (22, Q2)	Lost 14-21, 14-21	0:37

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	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$18,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	24	0	0	0	0	3	0	8	0	6	5	2	$150,600.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	25	0	1	0	0	2	0	5	5	5	4	3	$111,300.00
Confederation Championship	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	$8,250.00
Total	55	0	1	0	0	6	0	16	5	13	9	5	$288,150.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Aleksandrs Samoilovs												Ruslans Sorokins
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	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
8	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	0	1	$32,200.00	World Championships	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	$10,700.00
3	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	$11,250.00	World Tour Finals
81	4	5	4	2	11	23	19	8	5	$487,550.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	40	0	0	0	0	3	9	9	7	12	$86,350.00
104	8	1	4	3	11	32	18	15	12	$234,587.50	Challenge/Four Star/Open	40	0	1	0	0	2	11	7	6	13	$59,000.00
5	1	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	$8,925.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star
3	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	$1,800.00	Challenger	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	$4,100.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,000.00	Satellite	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$750.00
3	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
14	1	4	0	0	2	5	2	0	0	$50,750.00	Confederation Championship	4	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	$4,375.00
225	16	12	8	6	28	68	46	23	18	$828,062.50	Total	95	0	4	0	0	6	24	19	15	27	$165,275.00

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
2006	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	$2,000.00	4	4	50.0 %
2008	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$3,900.00	2	2	50.0 %
Total	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	$5,900.00	6	6	50.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Aleksandrs Samoilovs													Ruslans Sorokins
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2002	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
											2003	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2003	FIVB Age Group WC
											2003	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$375.00
											2004	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2004	FIVB Age Group WC
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,000.00	2005	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,450.00	2005	FIVB C&S	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,550.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2005	FIVB Age Group WC
7	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	4	$4,250.00	2006	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	$1,000.00
2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$1,350.00	2006	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$0.00	2006	CEV
15	0	0	0	0	2	3	5	2	3	$30,500.00	2007	FIVB
											2007	FIVB C&S	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,300.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$650.00	2007	CEV
16	0	0	0	0	1	5	2	5	3	$27,400.00	2008	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,950.00
											2008	FIVB C&S	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	$0.00
49	2	0	0	0	6	11	10	10	10	$66,600.00	Total	Total	18	0	3	0	0	0	2	2	2	9	$8,175.00

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	68	70.8%	16	16.7%	12	12.5%	84-12	87.5%	22	19.3%	18	15.8%	74	64.9%	22-92	19.3%	68-74	47.9%	38-30	55.9%	1	0	107-104	50.7%
2007-2008	2	40.0%	1	20.0%	2	40.0%	3-2	60.0%	2	33.3%	0	0.0%	4	66.7%	2-4	33.3%	2-4	33.3%	3-2	60.0%	0	0	5-6	45.5%
Against the Field	10	71.4%	3	21.4%	1	7.1%	13-1	92.9%	6	42.9%	2	14.3%	6	42.9%	6-8	42.9%	20-12	62.5%	18-6	75.0%	0	0	19-9	67.9%

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	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
World Championships	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	5
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	8	2	32	31	0	0	10	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	50	50
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	9	3	0	0	0	0	18	22	1	0	0	0	0	1	51	47
Confederation Championship	0	0	0	0	6	3	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	6
Total	0	0	17	5	43	38	0	0	30	45	1	0	0	0	0	1	114	110

Head to Head Results
Series tied against the field 2-2 (Lead 2 Series, Trail 2 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 4 Kais/Vesik, Estonia 1-0
8/29/08	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Contender 2	Samoilovs/Sorokins	19	Kais/Vesik	4	14-21, 21-19, 20-18	0:53
Trail the series against # 14 Baracetti/Salema, Argentina 0-1
8/28/08	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Winner 1	Baracetti/Salema	14	Samoilovs/Sorokins	19	21-18, 21-17	0:44
Trail the series against # 22, Q2 Hoyer/Soderberg, Denmark 0-1
8/29/08	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Contender 3	Hoyer/Soderberg	22, Q2	Samoilovs/Sorokins	19	21-14, 21-14	0:37
Lead the series against # 30, Q17 Karpov /Vasilyev, Russia 1-0
8/28/08	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Contender 1	Samoilovs/Sorokins	19	Karpov /Vasilyev	30, Q17	17-21, 21-18, 16-14	0:53