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FIVB Challenger & Satellite
US$30,000 Brno Challenger
June 28 - July 1, 2007

(3) Janis Smedins/Toms Smedins, 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

Toms Smedins
Latvia

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Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 25, 1986 (39 yrs old)

Home Town:

Kuldiga

Height:

190 cm (6'3")

Weight:

83 kg (183 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (2 times)

Career FIVB C&S Best:

7th (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$33,414.46

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	57	Money
FIVB	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	6	8	1	US$6,000.00
FIVB Age Group WC	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	US$0.00
FIVB C&S	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$4,850.00
Overall	25	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	0	1	4	6	8	1	US$10,850.00

Previous Brno Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2006	Did not play	Edgars Sebezs - 33rd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/13-17/2007	Espinho Open	Q18	41st	18	US$0.00
FIVB	6/5-10/2007	Zagreb Open	Q22	41st	18	US$0.00
FIVB	5/23-27/2007	Italian Open	Q15	33rd	30	US$0.00
FIVB	5/1-5/2007	Shanghai Open	32, Q16	25th	60	US$2,000.00
FIVB C&S	9/1-3/2006	Cagliari Challenger	13	9th	32	US$950.00
FIVB Age Group WC	8/23-27/2006	Under 21 World Championships	7	4th	0	US$0.00
FIVB	8/9-13/2006	Poland Open	Q18	41st	18	US$0.00
FIVB C&S	7/26-30/2006	Cyprus Challenger	9	7th	40	US$1,500.00
FIVB	7/19-23/2006	St. Petersburg Open	Q16	33rd	30	US$0.00
FIVB	7/5-9/2006	France Open	30, Q25	25th	60	US$2,000.00

Brno Challenger Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 6/29/2007	Winner 2	Sebastian Beck / Michael Bleiker, Switzerland (14)	Won 21-15, 23-21	0:44
Sat, 6/30/2007	Winner 3	Pavel Kolar / Martin Tichy, Czech Republic (6)	Lost 14-21, 21-15, 13-15	0:58
Sat, 6/30/2007	Contender 3	Michal Kadziola / Jakub Szalankiewicz, Poland (23, Q28)	Won 21-17, 21-12	0:38
Sat, 6/30/2007	Contender 4	Jan Ferreira / Rogerio 'Para' Ferreira, Brazil (12)	Lost 13-21, 17-21	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$)
Challenge/Four Star/Open	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	$6,000.00
Challenger	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	$4,850.00
U21 World Championships	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00
U18/19 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
Total	25	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	0	1	4	0	$10,850.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Janis Smedins												Toms Smedins
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
2	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games
5	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	$32,000.00	World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,700.00
3	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	$11,250.00	World Tour Finals	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
66	5	5	4	2	8	21	17	2	0	$465,900.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	21	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	2	0	$11,050.00
79	8	1	4	3	8	19	9	6	0	$173,087.50	Challenge/Four Star/Open	29	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	6	0	$13,800.00
4	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	$8,100.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	9	0	1	2	0	5	0	1	0	0	$2,775.00
6	0	1	0	0	2	2	1	0	0	$4,725.00	Challenger	7	0	0	0	0	2	4	0	0	0	$3,375.00
2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00
3	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$0.00
170	14	7	10	8	19	48	32	9	0	$695,062.50	Total	73	0	2	2	1	8	8	7	9	0	$32,700.00

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
2003	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	0	1	0.0 %
2005	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	1	1	50.0 %
2005	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00	1	1	50.0 %
2006	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	$2,000.00	7	7	50.0 %
2006	FIVB C&S	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	$2,450.00	5	4	55.6 %
2006	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	4	3	57.1 %
2007	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	$2,000.00	5	5	50.0 %
2007	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$1,200.00	2	2	50.0 %
Total	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	9	$4,000.00	13	13	50.0 %
Total	FIVB C&S	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	$3,650.00	7	6	53.8 %
Total	FIVB Age Group WC	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$0.00	5	5	50.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Janis Smedins													Toms Smedins
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2002	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2003	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2004	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2005	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	$0.00	2005	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00
6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	$1,000.00	2006	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	$1,000.00
2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$1,225.00	2006	FIVB C&S	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	$1,225.00
1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2006	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	$1,000.00	2007	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	$1,000.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$600.00	2007	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$600.00
19	0	0	1	1	2	2	1	3	9	$3,825.00	Total	Total	20	0	1	0	1	3	1	1	3	10	$3,825.00

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	8	88.9%	0	0.0%	1	11.1%	8-1	88.9%	0	0.0%	3	42.9%	4	57.1%	0-7	0.0%	8-4	66.7%	0-4	0.0%	0	0	8-8	50.0%
2006-2007	8	88.9%	0	0.0%	1	11.1%	8-1	88.9%	0	0.0%	3	42.9%	4	57.1%	0-7	0.0%	8-4	66.7%	0-4	0.0%	0	0	8-8	50.0%
Against the Field	4	80.0%	0	0.0%	1	20.0%	4-1	80.0%	0	0.0%	2	50.0%	2	50.0%	0-4	0.0%	8-4	66.7%	0-6	0.0%	0	0	4-5	44.4%

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
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	20	16	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	20	22
Challenger	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	8
U21 World Championships	0	0	1	1	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	5	4
U18/19 World Championships	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Total	0	0	21	18	2	1	0	0	6	7	0	1	0	1	0	0	33	35

Head to Head Results
Smedins/Smedins lead the series against the field 7-4 (Lead 6 Series, Trail 3 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 Lelliott/Reader, Canada 0-1
9/2/06	FIVB C&S	Cagliari Challenger	Contender 3	Lelliott/Reader	7	Smedins/Smedins	13	19-21, 21-19, 15-12	0:52
Lead the series against # 6 Kolar/Tichy, Czech Republic 2-1
6/30/07	FIVB C&S	Brno Challenger	Winner 3	Kolar/Tichy	6	Smedins/Smedins	3	21-14, 15-21, 15-13	0:58
5/23/07	FIVB	Italian Open	Qualifier 2	Smedins/Smedins	Q15	Kolar/Tichy	Q18	21-19, 21-18	0:42
7/28/06	FIVB C&S	Cyprus Challenger	Winner 1	Smedins/Smedins	9	Kolar/Tichy	8, Q1	21-16, 21-15	0:39
Lead the series against # 8 Peric/Trimcevski, Croatia 1-0
5/1/07	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Qualifier 2	Smedins/Smedins	32, Q16	Peric/Trimcevski	Q17	21-13, 21-15	0:30
Trail the series against # 12 Ferreira/Ferreira, Brazil 0-1
6/30/07	FIVB C&S	Brno Challenger	Contender 4	Ferreira/Ferreira	12	Smedins/Smedins	3	21-13, 21-17	0:37
Lead the series against # 14 Beck/Bleiker, Switzerland 1-0
6/29/07	FIVB C&S	Brno Challenger	Winner 2	Smedins/Smedins	3	Beck/Bleiker	14	21-15, 23-21	0:44
Trail the series against # 15 Gavira/Marco, Spain 0-1
7/28/06	FIVB C&S	Cyprus Challenger	Winner 2	Gavira/Marco	16, Q13	Smedins/Smedins	9	21-17, 21-16	0:36
Lead the series against # 23, Q28 Kadziola/Szalankiewicz, Poland 1-0
6/30/07	FIVB C&S	Brno Challenger	Contender 3	Smedins/Smedins	3	Kadziola/Szalankiewicz	23, Q28	21-17, 21-12	0:38
Lead the series against # Q1 Richtarik/Richtarik, Luxembourg 1-0
9/2/06	FIVB C&S	Cagliari Challenger	Winner 1	Smedins/Smedins	13	Richtarik/Richtarik	20, Q1	21-13, 21-13	0:29
Lead the series against # Q10 Meir/Redco, Israel 1-0
8/24/06	FIVB Age Group WC	Under 21 World Championships	Pool F	Smedins/Smedins	7	Meir/Redco	18	21-19, 21-11	0:27