Aleksandrs Samoilovs (born April 6, 1985) is a Latvian beach volleyball player.
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| Nickname | The Lion King | |||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Latvian | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | April 6, 1985 Riga, Latvia | |||||||||||||||||
| Hometown | Riga, Latvia | |||||||||||||||||
| Height | 195 cm (6 ft 5 in) | |||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 94 kg (207 lb) | |||||||||||||||||
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Samoilovs and teammate 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
edit- 1st place World Tour 2013 and 2014
- 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
edit- ^ "Samoilovs un Pļaviņš pēc Pekinas kopā vairs nestartēs". Diena.lv. Archived from the original on October 5, 2013. Retrieved August 2, 2012.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Aleksandrs Samoilovs". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18. Retrieved 2015-10-14.
- ^ "Aleksandrs Samoilovs homepage". Archived from the original on 2010-09-08.
External links
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- Aleksandrs Samoilovs at the Beach Volleyball Database
- Aleksandrs Samoilovs at the FIVB beach volleyball database
- Aleksandrs Samoilovs at Olympedia
- Aleksandrs Samoilovs at Olympics.com
- Aleksandrs Samoilovs at Olympic.org (archived)
- Aleksandrs Samoilovs at the Latvijas Olimpiskā komiteja (in Latvian) (English translation, archive)
