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FIVB Age Group World Championships
Under 21 World Championships
August 23 - 27, 2006

(7) Janis Smedins/Toms Smedins, Latvia

Janis Smedins
Latvia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 31, 1987 (37 yrs old)

Home Town:

Kuldiga

Height:

191 cm (6'3")

Weight:

84 kg (185 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

170

Career Wins:

Career FIVB Age Group WC Best:

3rd (Termoli 2004)

Career Winnings:

US$695,109.35

Toms Smedins
Latvia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 25, 1986 (38 yrs old)

Home Town:

Kuldiga

Height:

190 cm (6'3")

Weight:

83 kg (183 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (2 times)

Career FIVB Age Group WC Best:

2nd (Porto Santo 2004)

Career Winnings:

US$33,414.46

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 Myslowice Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
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
FIVB	6/14-18/2006	Portugal Open	Q26	41st	18	US$0.00
FIVB	6/7-11/2006	Italian Open	Q61	33rd	30	US$0.00
FIVB	5/31-6/4/2006	Croatia Open	Q55	57th	6	US$0.00
FIVB Age Group WC	9/7-11/2005	Under 21 World Championships	Q4	25th	0	US$0.00

Under 21 World Championships Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 8/24/2006	Pool F	Hen Meir / Ohad Redco, Israel (18)	Won 21-19, 21-11	0:27
Fri, 8/25/2006	Pool F	Filipe Miguel Catarino / Miguel Coelho, Portugal (19)	Won 21-18, 21-10	0:27
Fri, 8/25/2006	Pool F	Grzegorz Fijalek / Mariusz Prudel, Poland (6)	Lost 25-27, 24-22, 18-20	1:09
Sat, 8/26/2006	Winner 1	Sebastian Chevallier / Jonas Weingart, Switzerland (4)	Won 21-11, 21-17	0:31
Sat, 8/26/2006	Winner 2	Thomas Kaczmarek / Stefan Uhmann, Germany (3)	Won 21-18, 21-19	0:39
Sat, 8/26/2006	Semi-Finals	Bruno Schmidt / Pedro Solberg, Brazil (2)	Lost 16-21, 18-21	0:39
Sun, 8/27/2006	Bronze Medal	Piotr Marciniak / Krzysztof Orman, Poland (23, Q12)	Lost 21-13, 17-21, 13-15	0:56

Head to Head Results
Smedins/Smedins trail the series against the field 4-5 (Lead 4 Series, Trail 5 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Sinczak/Szternel, Poland 0-1
8/27/03	FIVB Age Group WC	Under 18 World Championships	Qualifier 1	Sinczak/Szternel	9, Q5	Smedins/Smedins	Q4	23-21, 21-18
Trail the series against # 2 Schmidt/Solberg, Brazil 0-1
8/26/06	FIVB Age Group WC	Under 21 World Championships	Semi-Finals	Schmidt/Solberg	2	Smedins/Smedins	7	21-16, 21-18	0:39
Lead the series against # 3 Kaczmarek/Uhmann, Germany 1-0
8/26/06	FIVB Age Group WC	Under 21 World Championships	Winner 2	Smedins/Smedins	7	Kaczmarek/Uhmann	3	21-18, 21-19	0:39
Lead the series against # 4 Chevallier/Weingart, Switzerland 1-0
8/26/06	FIVB Age Group WC	Under 21 World Championships	Winner 1	Smedins/Smedins	7	Chevallier/Weingart	4	21-11, 21-17	0:31
Trail the series against # 6 Fijalek/Prudel, Poland 0-1
8/25/06	FIVB Age Group WC	Under 21 World Championships	Pool F	Fijalek/Prudel	6	Smedins/Smedins	7	27-25, 22-24, 20-18	1:09
Trail the series against # 14 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 # 18 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
Lead the series against # 19 Catarino/Coelho, Portugal 1-0
8/25/06	FIVB Age Group WC	Under 21 World Championships	Pool F	Smedins/Smedins	7	Catarino/Coelho	19	21-18, 21-10	0:27
Trail the series against # 23, Q12 Marciniak/Orman, Poland 0-1
8/27/06	FIVB Age Group WC	Under 21 World Championships	Bronze Medal	Marciniak/Orman	23, Q12	Smedins/Smedins	7	13-21, 21-17, 15-13	0:56