Aleksandrs Samoilovs
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| Full name | Aleksandrs Samoilovs | |||||||||||||||
| Nickname | The Lion King | |||||||||||||||
| Born | April 6, 1985 Riga,  Latvia |
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| Hometown | Riga, Latvia |
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| Height | 195 cm (6 ft 5 in) | |||||||||||||||
| Weight | 94 kg (207 lb) | |||||||||||||||
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Aleksandrs Samoilovs (born April 6, 1985 in Riga) is a beach volleyball player from Latvia.
Samoilovs and team mate Mārtiņš Pļaviņš, with whom he partnered since 2004, represented Latvia at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China. The duo defeated the number 2 seed, Phil Dalhausser and Todd Rogers, in their first round game, in what announcers called "the biggest upset in Olympic beach volleyball history." The Latvian team won its preliminary round group and in round of 16 lost to Austrian team Florian Gosch and Alexander Horst.
After the Olympics Samoilovs and Pļaviņš stopped playing together.[1]
At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he teamed with Ruslans Sorokins, where he again finished in 9th, reaching the round of 16, where they lost to Jonas Reckermann and Julius Brink of Germany.[2]
He now partnering with Jānis Šmēdiņš.
Best achievements[3]
- 1st place U-21 World championship
- 1st place U-23 European championship
- 1st place U-20 European championship
- two times Latvian champion
- 5th place World tour in Italy in 2007
- 5th place World tour in Spain in 2008
- 9th place Olympic Games 2008
- 9th place Olympic Games 2012
- 1st place European championship 2015
References
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External links
- Profile at the Beach Volleyball Database
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| Preceded by | Men's FIVB Beach Volley World Tour Winner alongside Jānis Šmēdiņš2013–2014 |
Succeeded by Alison Ceruttiand Bruno Oscar Schmidt (BRA) |
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| Preceded by | Men's FIVB World Tour "Team of the Year" alongside Jānis Šmēdiņš2013–2014 |
Succeeded by Alison Cerutti and Bruno Oscar Schmidt (BRA) |
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