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Aleksandrs Samoilovs
Aleksandrs Samoilovs
Personal information
Nickname	The Lion King
Nationality	Latvian
Born	April 6, 1985 (age 39); Riga, Latvia
Hometown	Riga, Latvia
Height	195 cm (6 ft 5 in)
Weight	94 kg (207 lb)
Beach volleyball information
Current teammate
2004, 2008–present	Jānis Šmēdiņš
Previous teammates
Teammate
	Ruslans Sorokins, Mārtiņš Pļaviņš
Honours
Men's beach volleyball
Representing Latvia
European Championships

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Aleksandrs Samoilovs (born April 6, 1985) is a Latvian beach volleyball player.

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

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

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References

^ "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

Aleksandrs Samoilovs at the Beach Volleyball Database
Aleksandrs Samoilovs at FIVB.com
Aleksandrs Samoilovs at Olympedia (archive)
Aleksandrs Samoilovs at Olympics.com
Aleksandrs Samoilovs at Olympic.org (archived)
Aleksandrs Samoilovs at the Latvijas Olimpiskā komiteja (in Latvian) (English translation, archive)

Sporting positions
Preceded by Jake Gibb and Sean Rosenthal (USA)	Men's FIVB Beach Volley World Tour Winner alongside Jānis Šmēdiņš 2013–2014	Succeeded by Alison Cerutti and Bruno Oscar Schmidt (BRA)
Preceded by Alison Cerutti and Bruno Oscar Schmidt (BRA)	Men's FIVB Beach Volley World Tour Winner alongside Jānis Šmēdiņš 2016	Succeeded by Evandro Oliveira and André Stein (BRA)
Awards
Preceded by Jake Gibb and Sean Rosenthal (USA)	Men's FIVB World Tour "Team of the Year" alongside Jānis Šmēdiņš 2013–2014	Succeeded by Alison Cerutti and Bruno Oscar Schmidt (BRA)
Preceded by Alison Cerutti and Bruno Oscar Schmidt (BRA)	Men's FIVB World Tour "Team of the Year" alongside Jānis Šmēdiņš 2016	Succeeded by Evandro Oliveira and André Stein (BRA)

[1] "Samoilovs un Pļaviņš pēc Pekinas kopā vairs nestartēs". Diena.lv. Archived from the original on October 5, 2013. Retrieved August 2, 2012.

[2] 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.

[3] "Aleksandrs Samoilovs homepage". Archived from the original on 2010-09-08.

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-'''Aleksandrs Samoilovs''' (born April 6, 1985) is a [[beach volleyball]] player from [[Latvia]].
+'''Aleksandrs Samoilovs''' (born April 6, 1985) is a Latvian [[beach volleyball]] player.
-Samoilovs and teammate [[Mārtiņš Pļaviņš]], with whom he partnered since 2004, represented Latvia at the [[Beach volleyball at the 2008 Summer Olympics|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]].
+Samoilovs and teammate [[Mārtiņš Pļaviņš]], with whom he partnered since 2004, represented Latvia at the [[Beach volleyball at the 2008 Summer Olympics|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.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.diena.lv/sports/samoilovs-un-plavins-pec-pekinas-kopa-vairs-nestartes-619804 |title=Samoilovs un Pļaviņš pēc Pekinas kopā vairs nestartēs |publisher=Diena.lv |accessdate=August 2, 2012}}</ref>
+After the Olympics, Samoilovs and Pļaviņš stopped playing together.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.diena.lv/sports/samoilovs-un-plavins-pec-pekinas-kopa-vairs-nestartes-619804 |title=Samoilovs un Pļaviņš pēc Pekinas kopā vairs nestartēs |publisher=Diena.lv |accessdate=August 2, 2012 |archive-date=October 5, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131005000317/http://www.diena.lv/sports/samoilovs-un-plavins-pec-pekinas-kopa-vairs-nestartes-619804 |url-status=live }}</ref>
 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.<ref>{{cite Sports-Reference |title=Aleksandrs Samoilovs |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sa/aleksandrs-samoilovs-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418085008/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sa/aleksandrs-samoilovs-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2020-04-18 |accessdate=2015-10-14}}</ref>
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 ==External links==
+{{Commons}}
-* {{LOK profile}}<!--uses Wikidata-->
+* {{Beach Volleyball Database}}
-* {{IOC profile|aleksandrs-samoilovs|Aleksandrs Samoilovs}}
-* {{Beach Volleyball Database|6770}}
 * {{FIVB beach player}}
+* {{Olympedia}}
+* {{Olympics.com|org_archive=20160924105813}}
+* {{LOK|id=463|old_id=aleksandrs-samoilovs-463|archive=20210724073150}}
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 [[Category:Latvian beach volleyball players]]
 [[Category:Men's beach volleyball players]]
+[[Category:Olympic beach volleyball players for Latvia]]
 [[Category:Beach volleyball players at the 2008 Summer Olympics]]
 [[Category:Beach volleyball players at the 2012 Summer Olympics]]
 [[Category:Beach volleyball players at the 2016 Summer Olympics]]
-[[Category:Olympic beach volleyball players of Latvia]]
+[[Category:FIVB World Tour award winners]]
 [[Category:Sportspeople from Riga]]
-[[Category:FIVB World Tour award winners]]
-{{Latvia-volleyball-bio-stub}}

Authority control databases
International	VIAF
National	Latvia