Mārtiņš Pļaviņš

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

Career

Plavins was 2004 U20 European Champion and won the following year, both the U-23 European Championship and the U21 World Cup. With his partner Aleksandrs Samoilovs he played at the 2007 World Championships in Gstaad and retired after three 1:2 defeat in the first round of. 2008 Beijing Plavins / Samoilovs defeated in the first group game of the Olympic tournament, the reigning world champion Rogers / Dalhausser and made ​​their way into the knockout stages, where they had to give themselves the Austrians Gosch / Horst beaten. Then went their separate ways.

After a few tournaments with Toms Šmēdiņš formed Plavins 2009, a new duo with his brother Jānis Šmēdiņš. At the European Championships in Berlin in 2010, the Latvians won the bronze medal. In Marseilles, they lost only in the final of the Open tournament the Chinese Wu / Xu. At the World Cup in 2011 they lost the match for third place after three sets against the German defending champions Julius Brink and Jonas Recker man. At the 2012 Summer Olympic Games Mārtiņš Plavins and Jānis Šmēdiņš won the bronze medal in three sets against the Dutch Reinder Nummerdor and Richard Schuil.

2013 Plavins formed a new duo with Jānis PEDA. Plavins / PEDA played by the Fuzhou open so far three grand slams and achieved best result a 17th place in Shanghai. They are also qualified for the 2013 World Championships in Stare Jabłonki.