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CEV U23 European Championships
July 24 - 27, 2008

Janis Smedins/Toms Smedins, Latvia

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:

199

Career Wins:

Career CEV Under Age Wins:

1 (Tel Aviv 2005)

Career Winnings:

US$787,055.81

Toms Smedins
Latvia

Photo: FIVB

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:

105

Career Wins:

Career CEV Under Age Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$46,748.44

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	21	25	33	41	57	Money
CEV	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	US$672.85
CEV Under Age	5	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$0.00
FIVB	18	0	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	0	1	0	0	0	US$0.00
FIVB C&S	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$4,850.00
Overall	33	1	1	0	1	1	4	2	0	2	2	4	6	8	1	US$11,522.85

Previous Espinho Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
FIVB 2006	Toms Smedins - 41st	Janis Smedins - 41st
FIVB 2007	Toms Smedins - 41st	Janis Smedins - 41st

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	5/27-6/1/2008	Barcelona Open	Q12	33rd	30	US$0.00
FIVB	5/20-25/2008	Zagreb Open	Q20	41st	18	US$0.00
FIVB	5/13-18/2008	Italian Open	Q24	33rd	30	US$0.00
FIVB	5/6-11/2008	Prague Open	Q20	41st	18	US$0.00
FIVB	9/5-9/2007	Stare Jablonki Open	30, Q12	25th	60	US$2,000.00
FIVB C&S	8/31-9/2/2007	Milan Challenger	4	9th	32	US$1,200.00
FIVB	8/29-9/2/2007	St. Petersburg Open	Q13	41st	18	US$0.00
CEV Under Age	8/16-19/2007	CEV U23 European Championships		7th	100	€ 0.00
FIVB	8/8-12/2007	Kristiansand Open	Q14	33rd	26	US$0.00

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
14	1	4	1	0	2	5	1	0	0	$54,875.00	Confederation Championship	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	$1,500.00
184	15	11	11	8	21	53	33	9	0	$749,937.50	Total	78	0	2	2	1	8	8	8	13	0	$34,200.00

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 %
2006	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	1	1	50.0 %
2007	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	$4,000.00	7	10	41.2 %
2007	FIVB C&S	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	$2,400.00	3	4	42.9 %
2007	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$500.00	4	2	66.7 %
2008	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	$0.00	5	4	55.6 %
Total	FIVB	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	15	$6,000.00	20	22	47.6 %
Total	FIVB C&S	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	$4,850.00	8	8	50.0 %
Total	FIVB Age Group WC	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$0.00	5	5	50.0 %
Total	CEV	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	$500.00	5	3	62.5 %

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
											2002	CEV Under Age	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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2003	CEV Under Age	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	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
2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2004	CEV Under Age	1	0	0	0	0	1	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
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2005	CEV Under Age	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2006	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$250.00
7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	$2,000.00	2007	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	$2,000.00
3	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$3,500.00	2007	FIVB C&S	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$1,200.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$250.00	2007	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$250.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2007	CEV Under Age	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	$0.00	2008	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2008	FIVB C&S	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$950.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2008	CEV Under Age	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
38	1	2	1	1	6	3	5	4	15	$7,975.00	Total	Total	41	2	2	0	1	7	4	5	4	16	$6,875.00

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	0	0	0	0-0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0-0
2007-2008	0	0	0	0-0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0-0
Against the Field	0	0	0	0-0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0-0

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
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 3-2 (Lead 3 Series, Trail 2 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against 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 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 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 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 Streitfellner/Traxler, Austria 1-0
5/21/08	FIVB	Zagreb Open	Qualifier 1	Smedins/Smedins	Q20	Streitfellner/Traxler	Q45	21-15, 21-19	0:37