Mārtiņš Pļaviņš
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| Full name | Mārtiņš Pļaviņš | ||||||||||||||||||
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May 8, 1985 Riga, Latvia | ||||||||||||||||||
| Hometown | Riga, Latvia | ||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 190 cm (6 ft 3 in) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 87 kg (192 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||
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Mārtiņš Pļaviņš (born May 8, 1985 in Riga) is a Latvian beach volleyball player.
He teamed up with Aleksandrs Samoilovs in 2004.[1] Pļaviņš and team mate Samoilovs represented Latvia at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China after which they stopped playing together.[2]
At the 2008 Olympics, the #21-ranked Latvian team achieved a major upset in the preliminary round, beating the #1-ranked team of Todd Rogers and Phil Dalhausser (United States).[3] Latvian team won its preliminary round group and in round of 16 lost to Austrian team Florian Gosch and Alexander Horst.
After the 2008 Olympics, he began playing together with Jānis Šmēdiņš. At the 2010 European Beach Volleyball Championships, Pļaviņš and Šmēdiņš won the bronze medal. They followed this up by winning the bronze medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics.[4] They lost to Rego and Cerutti of Brazil in the semi-final but beat Nummerdor and Schuil of the Netherlands in the bronze medal match.[5]
References
- ↑ Team Profile, Official site for the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China.
- ↑ "Samoilovs un Pļaviņš pēc Pekinas kopā vairs nestartēs". Diena.lv. Retrieved August 2, 2012.
- ↑ Dalhausser, Rogers upset by Latvian duo
- ↑ "Mārtiņš Pļaviņš Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved 2015-11-08.
- ↑ "beach volleyball men results – Beach volleyball – London 2012 Olympics". www.olympic.org. Retrieved 2015-11-08.
External links
- Profile at the Beach Volleyball Database
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| Preceded by Vadims Vasiļevskis |
Flagbearer for  Latvia2012 London |
Succeeded by Māris Štrombergs |
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Preceded by Reinder Nummerdor (NED) |
Men's FIVB World Tour "Best Defender" 2012 |
Succeeded by Bruno Schmidt (BRA) |