Ruslans Sorokins

Ruslan Sorokin ( born March 11, 1982 in Riga) is a Latvian beach volleyball player.

Career

Sorokin's finished in 2002 at the Junior World Championships in Catania with Tomass Marnics the ninth. From 2003 he played with Andris Krūmiņš various international tournaments. In 2006 he had the first joint appearances with Aleksandrs Samoilovs. In the next few years, he played with changing partners. In Kristiansand he joined in 2008 for the first time with Samoilovs to. At the 2009 World Championships in Stavanger Samoilovs / Sorokin came a second group in the knockout stage and in the second round Rogers / Dalhausser succeeded revenge. In the same year they reached the final of the Kristiansand Open. In 2010 she managed various places ninth at Grand Slams and Open tournaments. In the second round of the European Championships in Berlin they could see the current world champion Brinkmann / Recker man overcome before they lost to the Austrians Doppler / Mellitzer and finished fifth. In 2011 she reached the first main round of the World Championships in Rome and failed in the tiebreak to the Brazilians Ferramenta / Pedro. At the 2012 Olympic Games in London Samoilovs / Sorokin occupied ninth place.

Since 2013 Ruslan Sorokin plays together with Toms Šmēdiņš. At the World Championships in Stare Jabłonki Sorokin / Šmēdiņš eliminated despite a victory over the Dutch Spijkers / Varenhorst out after the group stage.