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Mārtiņš Pļaviņš (born 8 May 1985 in Riga) is a Latvian beach volleyball player.

Mārtiņš Pļaviņš
Personal information
Full name	Mārtiņš Pļaviņš
Born	(1985-05-08) 8 May 1985 (age 37) Riga, Latvia
Hometown	Riga, Latvia
Height	190 cm (6 ft 3 in)
Weight	87 kg (192 lb)
Beach volleyball information
Current teammate
Teammate Edgars Točs
Previous teammates
Years Teammate Tours (points) 2004–2008 2008–2012 2013 2013- Aleksandrs Samoilovs Jānis Šmēdiņš Jānis Pēda Hermans Egleskalns 35 (2210)
Honours Men's beach volleyball Representing  Latvia Olympic Games 2012 London Team European Championships 2010 Berlin Team European Games 2015 Baku Team

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

External links

• Mārtiņš Pļaviņš at the FIVB beach volleyball database
• Mārtiņš Pļaviņš at the European Volleyball Confederation
• Mārtiņš Pļaviņš at the Beach Volleyball Database
• Mārtiņš Pļaviņš at Olympedia
• Mārtiņš Pļaviņš at Olympics.com
• Mārtiņš Pļaviņš at the Latvijas Olimpiskā komiteja (archived) (in Latvian)

Olympic Games
Preceded by Vadims Vasiļevskis	Flagbearer for  Latvia 2012 London	Succeeded by Māris Štrombergs
Awards
Preceded by  Reinder Nummerdor (NED)	Men's FIVB World Tour "Best Defender" 2012	Succeeded by  Bruno Schmidt (BRA)

На других языках

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- [en] Mārtiņš Pļaviņš

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[fr] Mārtiņš Pļaviņš

Mārtiņš Pļaviņš, né le 8 mai 1985 à Riga (Lettonie), est un joueur de beach-volley letton, apparu sur le circuit professionnel en 2002.

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[it] Mārtiņš Pļaviņš

Mārtiņš Pļaviņš (Riga, 8 maggio 1985) è un giocatore di beach volley lettone.

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[ru] Плявиньш, Мартиньш

Мартиньш Плявиньш (латыш. Mārtiņš Pļaviņš; 8 мая 1985, Рига) — латвийский пляжный волейболист. Бронзовый призёр на Летних Олимпийских играх 2012 по пляжному волейболу. Дуэт с Янисом Шмединьшем. Латвийский знаменосец на Олимпиаде 2012. На Олимпиаде в Пекине в 2008 году занял 9-е место (в дуэте с Александром Самойловым). На Европейском чемпионате в 2010 году в дуэте с Янисом Шмединьшем завоевал бронзу. Тренер — Айгарс Берзулис (ранее Андрис Лейтис). На Чемпионате мира 2011 года занял 4 место, на Европейском чемпионате 2011 года занял 5 место.

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