Mārtiņš Pļaviņš
Mārtiņš Pļaviņš (born 8 May 1985 in Riga) is a Latvian beach volleyball player. He teamed up with Aleksandrs Samoilovs in 2004. Pļaviņš and team mate Samoilovs represented Latvia at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China after which they stopped playing together. 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). 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. 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. References External links 1985 births Living people Latvian beach volleyball players Men's beach volleyball players Beach volleyball players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Beach volleyball players at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic beach volleyball players for Latvia Olympic bronze medalists for Latvia Olympic medalists in beach volleyball Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Beach volleyball players at the 2015 European Games European Games medalists in beach volleyball European Games gold medalists for Latvia Riga State Gymnasium No.1 alumni Latvian Academy of Sport Education alumni Sportspeople from Riga Beach volleyball defenders Beach volleyball players at the 2020 Summer Olympics 21st-century Latvian people