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FIVB Challenger & Satellite
US$30,000 Pärnu Challenger
July 17 - 20, 2008

(Q1) Janis Smedins/Ruslans Sorokins, Latvia

Janis Smedins
Latvia

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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 FIVB C&S Best:

2nd (Geroskipou 2007)

Career Winnings:

US$695,109.35

Ruslans Sorokins
Latvia

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Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 11, 1982 (43 yrs old)

Home Town:

Riga

Height:

196 cm (6'5")

Weight:

96 kg (211 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (4 times)

Career FIVB C&S Best:

2nd (3 times)

Career Winnings:

US$160,900.00

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)

Awards

Top Rookie 2009

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB C&S	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	US$4,600.00

Previous Pärnu Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB C&S	7/26-29/2007	Geroskipou Challenger	7	2nd	72	US$4,600.00

Pärnu Challenger Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 7/17/2008	Qualifier 2	Petter Bjorbak / Magnus Borge Johansen, Norway (Q17)	Won 21-14, 21-15	0:29
Thu, 7/17/2008	Qualifier 3	Janis Grinbergs / Austris Stals, Latvia (16, Q25)	Lost 21-16, 11-21, 8-15	0:38

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$)
Challenger	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$4,600.00
Total	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$4,600.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Janis Smedins												Ruslans Sorokins
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
2	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
5	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	$32,000.00	World Championships	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$10,700.00
3	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	$11,250.00	World Tour Finals
66	5	5	4	2	8	21	17	2	0	$465,900.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	40	0	0	0	0	3	9	9	7	0	$86,350.00
79	8	1	4	3	8	19	9	6	0	$173,087.50	Challenge/Four Star/Open	40	0	1	0	0	2	11	7	6	0	$59,000.00
4	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	$8,100.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star
6	0	1	0	0	2	2	1	0	0	$4,725.00	Challenger	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$4,100.00
											Satellite	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$750.00
2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
3	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships
170	14	7	10	8	19	48	32	9	0	$695,062.50	Total	91	0	4	0	0	5	23	18	14	0	$160,900.00

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
2007	FIVB C&S	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$4,600.00	5	2	71.4 %
2008	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	1	1	50.0 %
Total	FIVB C&S	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$4,600.00	6	3	66.7 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Janis Smedins													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
											2004	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2004	FIVB Age Group WC
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2005	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
											2005	FIVB C&S	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,550.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	$0.00	2005	FIVB Age Group WC
6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	$1,000.00	2006	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	$1,000.00
2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$1,225.00	2006	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2006	FIVB Age Group WC
7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	$2,000.00	2007	FIVB
3	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$3,500.00	2007	FIVB C&S	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,300.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	$0.00	2008	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2008	FIVB C&S	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	$0.00
29	0	1	1	1	2	3	2	4	15	$7,725.00	Total	Total	16	0	3	0	0	0	1	1	2	9	$5,850.00

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	4	57.1%	1	14.3%	2	28.6%	5-2	71.4%	1	50.0%	0	0.0%	1	50.0%	1-1	50.0%	4-1	80.0%	2-2	50.0%	0	0	6-3	66.7%
2007-2008	4	57.1%	1	14.3%	2	28.6%	5-2	71.4%	1	50.0%	0	0.0%	1	50.0%	1-1	50.0%	4-1	80.0%	2-2	50.0%	0	0	6-3	66.7%
Against the Field	1	50.0%	0	0.0%	1	50.0%	1-1	50.0%	0		0		0		0-0		2-0	100.0%	0-2	0.0%	0	0	1-1	50.0%

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
Challenger	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	6	3
Total	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	6	3

Head to Head Results
Series tied against the field 1-1 (Lead 1 Series, Trail 1 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 16, Q25 Grinbergs/Stals, Latvia 0-1
7/17/08	FIVB C&S	Pärnu Challenger	Qualifier 3	Grinbergs/Stals	16, Q25	Smedins/Sorokins	Q1	16-21, 21-11, 15-8	0:38
Lead the series against # Q17 Bjorbak/Borge Johansen, Norway 1-0
7/17/08	FIVB C&S	Pärnu Challenger	Qualifier 2	Smedins/Sorokins	Q1	Bjorbak/Borge Johansen	Q17	21-14, 21-15	0:29