Mārtiņš Pļaviņš

Mārtiņš Pļaviņš
Personal information
Full name	Mārtiņš Pļaviņš
Born	May 8, 1985 (1985-05-08) (age 26) Riga,  Latvia
Height	190 cm (6 ft 3 in)
Weight	87 kg (190 lb)
Beach volleyball information
Current teammate
Teammate Jānis Šmēdiņš
Previous teammates
Years Teammate Tours (points) 2004–2008 Aleksandrs Samoilovs 35 (2210)

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 for unknown reasons.

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).^[2] Latvian team won its preliminary round group and in round of 16 lost to Austrian team Florian Gosch and Alexander Horst.

After Olympics, he began playing together with Jānis Šmēdiņš.

References

1. ^ Team Profile, Official site for the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China.
2. ^ Dalhausser, Rogers upset by Latvian duo

External links

• Profile at the Beach Volleyball Database

Persondata
Name	Plavins, Martins
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	May 8, 1985
Place of birth	Riga,
Date of death
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