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US$1,000,000 FIVB Beach Volleyball Swatch World Championships
June 13 - 19, 2011

(15) Martins Plavins/Janis Smedins, Latvia

Martins Plavins
Latvia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 8, 1985 (38 yrs old)

Home Town:

Riga

Resides:

Riga

Height:

190 cm (6'3")

Weight:

87 kg (191 lb)

Seasons:

21

Tournaments:

183

Career Wins:

7

Career FIVB WT Wins:

4

Career Winnings:

US$401,724.80

Janis Smedins
Latvia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 31, 1987 (36 yrs old)

Home Town:

Kuldiga

Resides:

Kuldiga

Height:

191 cm (6'3")

Weight:

84 kg (185 lb)

Seasons:

22

Tournaments:

170

Career Wins:

14

Career Winnings:

US$695,109.35

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	Money
FIVB	33	1	1	1	1	2	0	9	2	10	2	1	3	US$242,300.00

Previous Rome Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2010	Janis Smedins - 41st	Martins Plavins - 41st

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/6-11/2011	Beijing Grand Slam	14	17	160	US$5,100.00
FIVB	5/17-22/2011	Prague Open	8	5	360	US$9,100.00
FIVB	8/24-29/2010	The Hague Open	7	17	120	US$2,800.00
FIVB	8/17-22/2010	Aland Open	6	5	360	US$9,100.00
FIVB	8/3-8/2010	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	20, Q7	9	320	US$8,000.00
FIVB	7/27-8/1/2010	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	18, Q8	25	80	US$3,500.00
FIVB	7/20-25/2010	Marseille Open	8	2	540	US$21,000.00
FIVB	7/6-11/2010	Gstaad Grand Slam	22, Q10	17	160	US$5,100.00
FIVB	6/29-7/4/2010	Stavanger Grand Slam	26, Q16	9	320	US$8,000.00
FIVB	6/15-21/2010	Prague Open	Q17	41	18	US$0.00
FIVB	5/25-30/2010	Myslowice Open	Q16	33	30	US$0.00
FIVB	5/18-23/2010	Rome Grand Slam	Q21	41	24	US$0.00
FIVB	5/3-8/2010	Shanghai Open	Q18	41	18	US$0.00
FIVB	7/21-26/2009	Marseille Grand Slam	34, Q14	17	160	US$4,000.00
FIVB	7/14-19/2009	Moscow Grand Slam	31, Q21	17	160	US$5,100.00

Rome World Championships Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Mon, 6/13/2011

Pool J

Yury Bogatov / Serguei Prokopiev, Russia (39)

Won 21-18, 21-16

0:40

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Martins Plavins	Total	38	19	7	0.316	1	8	0	2
	1	19	9	3	0.316	1	2	0	1
	2	19	10	4	0.316	0	6	0	1
Janis Smedins	Total	10	8	0	0.800	5	4	3	6
	1	5	3	0	0.600	2	3	1	3
	2	5	5	0	1.000	3	1	2	3

Wed, 6/15/2011

Pool J

Karl Jaani / Rivo Vesik, Estonia (34)

Won 21-16, 21-15

0:38

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Martins Plavins	Total	32	19	2	0.531	0	8	2	2
	1	17	10	2	0.471	0	4	1	1
	2	15	9	0	0.600	0	4	1	1
Janis Smedins	Total	9	6	1	0.556	4	2	2	2
	1	4	2	1	0.250	2	0	2	2
	2	5	4	0	0.800	2	2	0	0

Thu, 6/16/2011

Pool J

Jake Gibb / Sean Rosenthal, United States (10)

Won 21-15, 21-19

0:33

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Martins Plavins	Total	21	12	3	0.429	2	9	0	2
	1	10	5	2	0.300	2	5	0	1
	2	11	7	1	0.545	0	4	0	1
Janis Smedins	Total	21	17	2	0.714	2	5	0	5
	1	8	7	1	0.750	1	3	0	2
	2	13	10	1	0.692	1	2	0	3

Fri, 6/17/2011

Winner 1

Thiago Barbosa / Harley Marques, Brazil (18)

Won 21-15, 21-12

0:36

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Martins Plavins	Total	22	11	2	0.409	2	5	2	0
	1	13	7	2	0.385	0	2	1	0
	2	9	4	0	0.444	2	3	1	0
Janis Smedins	Total	15	8	2	0.400	2	4	1	2
	1	4	3	1	0.500	1	0	1	2
	2	11	5	1	0.364	1	4	0	0

Fri, 6/17/2011

Winner 2

Jonathan Erdmann / Kay Matysik, Germany (20)

Won 21-17, 16-21, 19-17

0:58

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Martins Plavins	Total	30	18	5	0.433	0	10	1	0
	1	15	10	2	0.533	0	4	0	0
	2	5	2	1	0.200	0	1	0	0
	3	10	6	2	0.400	0	5	1	0
Janis Smedins	Total	34	18	5	0.382	3	6	2	4
	1	6	4	0	0.667	1	3	1	2
	2	13	8	3	0.385	1	1	1	2
	3	15	6	2	0.267	1	2	0	0

Sat, 6/18/2011

Winner 3

Anders Lund Hoyer / Bo Soderberg, Denmark (23)

Won 21-19, 21-17

0:40

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Martins Plavins	Total	28	16	4	0.429	0	10	0	1
	1	13	7	3	0.308	0	4	0	1
	2	15	9	1	0.533	0	6	0	0
Janis Smedins	Total	22	12	3	0.409	1	6	0	4
	1	13	8	2	0.462	1	3	0	1
	2	9	4	1	0.333	0	3	0	3

Sat, 6/18/2011

Semi-Finals

Marcio Araujo / Ricardo Santos, Brazil (3)

Lost 20-22, 16-21

0:40

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Martins Plavins	Total	24	15	2	0.542	0	6	0	3
	1	12	7	0	0.583	0	3	0	1
	2	12	8	2	0.500	0	3	0	2
Janis Smedins	Total	28	9	8	0.036	3	3	0	4
	1	12	6	3	0.250	2	1	0	3
	2	16	3	5	-0.125	1	2	0	1

Sun, 6/19/2011

Bronze Medal

Julius Brink / Jonas Reckermann, Germany (4)

Lost 20-22, 21-18, 11-15

0:59

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Martins Plavins	Total	29	15	3	0.414	2	10	1	2
	1	7	5	0	0.714	2	2	0	1
	2	14	7	3	0.286	0	6	1	1
	3	8	3	0	0.375	0	2	0	0
Janis Smedins	Total	34	19	7	0.353	4	4	0	6
	1	16	7	5	0.125	2	3	0	3
	2	10	6	1	0.500	1	1	0	3
	3	8	6	1	0.625	1	0	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Martins Plavins	224	125	28	0.433	7	66	6	12
Janis Smedins	173	97	28	0.399	24	34	8	33

World Championships Results

Year	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2007	Gstaad	Aleksandrs Samoilovs - 37th	Did not play
2009	Stavanger	Lauris Iecelnieks - 37th	Did not play
2013	Stare Jablonki	Janis Peda - 17th	Aleksandrs Samoilovs - 9th
2015	The Hague	Aleksandrs Samoilovs - 17th	Did not play
2017	Vienna	Haralds Regza - 17th	Aleksandrs Samoilovs - 9th
2019	Hamburg	Edgars Tocs - 9th	Aleksandrs Samoilovs - 17th
2022	Rome	Did not play	Aleksandrs Samoilovs - 17th

World Championships Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/13-19/2011	Rome World Championships	15	4	700	US$28,000.00

Head to Head Results
Plavins/Smedins lead the series against the field 26-19

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Dalhausser/Rogers, United States 0-1
7/3/10	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Winner 2	Dalhausser/Rogers	1	Plavins/Smedins	26, Q16	21-19, 21-18	0:41
Trail the series against # 3 Araujo/Santos, Brazil 1-3
6/18/11	FIVB	Rome World Championships	Semi-Finals	Araujo/Santos	3	Plavins/Smedins	15	22-20, 21-16	0:40
6/9/11	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Pool C	Plavins/Smedins	14	Araujo/Santos	3	21-19, 21-16	0:37
8/20/10	FIVB	Aland Open	Winner 3	Araujo/Santos	3	Plavins/Smedins	6	21-17, 21-16	0:43
7/9/10	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool O	Araujo/Santos	11, Q1	Plavins/Smedins	22, Q10	30-28, 21-18	0:54
Trail the series against # 4 Brink/Reckermann, Germany 0-1
6/19/11	FIVB	Rome World Championships	Bronze Medal	Brink/Reckermann	4	Plavins/Smedins	15	22-20, 18-21, 15-11	0:59
Trail the series against # 6 Wu/Xu, China 0-3
8/21/10	FIVB	Aland Open	Contender 6	Wu/Xu	4	Plavins/Smedins	6	21-16, 18-21, 15-7	0:48
7/29/10	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool K	Wu/Xu	2	Plavins/Smedins	18, Q8	21-16, 21-18	0:40
7/25/10	FIVB	Marseille Open	Gold Medal	Wu/Xu	2	Plavins/Smedins	8	21-15, 21-19	0:40
Lead the series against # 8 Insfran/Schmidt, Brazil 3-0
8/5/10	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Pool M	Plavins/Smedins	20, Q7	Insfran/Schmidt	13	21-18, 17-21, 15-12	1:03
7/23/10	FIVB	Marseille Open	Winner 4	Plavins/Smedins	8	Insfran/Schmidt	4	21-19, 21-19	0:50
7/1/10	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool P	Plavins/Smedins	26, Q16	Insfran/Schmidt	7	21-13, 21-17	0:40
Lead the series against # 9 Gavira/Herrera, Spain 2-0
5/19/11	FIVB	Prague Open	Contender 5	Plavins/Smedins	8	Gavira/Herrera	7	21-18, 21-16	0:34
7/23/10	FIVB	Marseille Open	Winner 3	Plavins/Smedins	8	Gavira/Herrera	1	19-21, 21-16, 15-11	0:51
Series tied with # 10 Gibb/Rosenthal, United States 1-1
6/16/11	FIVB	Rome World Championships	Pool J	Plavins/Smedins	15	Gibb/Rosenthal	10	21-15, 21-19	0:33
6/10/11	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Winner 1	Gibb/Rosenthal	11	Plavins/Smedins	14	21-17, 18-21, 20-18	0:57
Trail the series against # 11 Benes/Kubala, Czech Republic 0-1
5/19/11	FIVB	Prague Open	Winner 2	Benes/Kubala	9	Plavins/Smedins	8	18-21, 21-15, 15-11	0:48
Trail the series against # 17 Nummerdor/Schuil, Netherlands 0-2
8/27/10	FIVB	The Hague Open	Contender 2	Nummerdor/Schuil	9	Plavins/Smedins	7	24-22, 21-14	0:30
7/29/10	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool K	Nummerdor/Schuil	15	Plavins/Smedins	18, Q8	22-20, 21-19	0:37
Lead the series against # 18 Barbosa/Marques, Brazil 1-0
6/17/11	FIVB	Rome World Championships	Winner 1	Plavins/Smedins	15	Barbosa/Marques	18	21-15, 21-12	0:36
Lead the series against # 20 Erdmann/Matysik, Germany 2-1
6/17/11	FIVB	Rome World Championships	Winner 2	Plavins/Smedins	15	Erdmann/Matysik	20	21-17, 16-21, 19-17	0:58
5/19/11	FIVB	Prague Open	Contender 3	Plavins/Smedins	8	Erdmann/Matysik	15	21-19, 18-21, 15-10	0:51
5/18/10	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Erdmann/Matysik	29, Q12	Plavins/Smedins	Q21	22-20, 12-21, 15-13	1:02
Trail the series against # 21 Bellaguarda/Heuscher, Switzerland 0-1
6/8/11	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Pool C	Bellaguarda/Heuscher	19	Plavins/Smedins	14	21-16, 21-11	0:34
Trail the series against # 22 Boersma/Spijkers, Netherlands 0-1
8/26/10	FIVB	The Hague Open	Winner 2	Boersma/Spijkers	10	Plavins/Smedins	7	14-21, 21-13, 16-14	0:52
Lead the series against # 23 Hoyer/Soderberg, Denmark 3-0
6/18/11	FIVB	Rome World Championships	Winner 3	Plavins/Smedins	15	Hoyer/Soderberg	23	21-19, 21-17	0:40
8/6/10	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Pool M	Plavins/Smedins	20, Q7	Hoyer/Soderberg	29, Q11	21-17, 21-16	0:41
7/17/09	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool B	Plavins/Smedins	31, Q21	Hoyer/Soderberg	18	25-23, 21-18	0:49
Lead the series against # 24 Jennings/Wong, United States 1-0
8/21/10	FIVB	Aland Open	Contender 4	Plavins/Smedins	6	Jennings/Wong	24, Q1	21-19, 21-15	0:41
Lead the series against # 25 Ces/Ces, France 1-0
6/30/10	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Plavins/Smedins	26, Q16	Ces/Ces	Q1	23-21, 21-17	0:46
Lead the series against # 27 Gabathuler/Schnider, Switzerland 2-0
8/4/10	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Plavins/Smedins	20, Q7	Gabathuler/Schnider	Q10	21-23, 21-18, 16-14	1:05
7/28/10	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Plavins/Smedins	18, Q8	Gabathuler/Schnider	Q9	21-17, 21-15	0:35
Trail the series against # 29 Chevallier/Heyer, Switzerland 0-1
5/19/11	FIVB	Prague Open	Contender 6	Chevallier/Heyer	29, Q9	Plavins/Smedins	8	23-21, 19-21, 15-13	0:56
Lead the series against # 30 Fijalek/Prudel, Poland 1-0
8/5/10	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Pool M	Plavins/Smedins	20, Q7	Fijalek/Prudel	4	21-16, 19-21, 16-14	0:55
Trail the series against # 31 "Geor" Gomes/Terceiro, Georgia 0-1
5/26/10	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Qualifier 3	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	21, Q1	Plavins/Smedins	Q16	21-18, 23-21	0:46
Lead the series against # 34 Jaani/Vesik, Estonia 2-0
6/15/11	FIVB	Rome World Championships	Pool J	Plavins/Smedins	15	Jaani/Vesik	34	21-16, 21-15	0:38
7/1/10	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool P	Plavins/Smedins	26, Q16	Jaani/Vesik	23	21-12, 21-18	0:34
Series tied with # 35 Brinkborg/Gunnarsson, Sweden 1-1
5/19/11	FIVB	Prague Open	Contender 2	Plavins/Smedins	8	Brinkborg/Gunnarsson	26, Q10	21-10, 21-16	0:31
5/4/10	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Qualifier 2	Brinkborg/Gunnarsson	Q15	Plavins/Smedins	Q18	21-16, 22-20	0:39
Lead the series against # 36 Dollinger/Windscheif, Germany 1-0
8/21/10	FIVB	Aland Open	Contender 5	Plavins/Smedins	6	Dollinger/Windscheif	20	21-13, 21-16	0:35
Lead the series against # 39 Bogatov/Prokopiev, Russia 1-0
6/13/11	FIVB	Rome World Championships	Pool J	Plavins/Smedins	15	Bogatov/Prokopiev	39	21-18, 21-16	0:40
Series tied with # 41 Dyachenko/Sidorenko, Kazakhstan 1-1
8/19/10	FIVB	Aland Open	Winner 2	Plavins/Smedins	6	Dyachenko/Sidorenko	22, Q5	15-21, 21-16, 15-10	0:54
7/30/10	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool K	Dyachenko/Sidorenko	31, Q22	Plavins/Smedins	18, Q8	29-27, 24-22	0:58
Lead the series against # 42 Boehm/Kapa, Australia 1-0
7/28/10	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Plavins/Smedins	18, Q8	Boehm/Kapa	Q25	21-18, 21-18	0:45
Lead the series against # 44 Doppler/Mellitzer, Austria 1-0
5/19/11	FIVB	Prague Open	Winner 1	Plavins/Smedins	8	Doppler/Mellitzer	25	21-19, 13-21, 15-12	0:53