Aleksandrs Samoilovs

Aleksandrs Samoilovs
Personal information
Nickname	The Lion King
Born	April 6, 1985 Riga, Latvia
Hometown	Riga, Latvia
Height	195 cm (6 ft 5 in)
Weight	94 kg (207 lb)
Beach volleyball information
Current teammate
Years Teammate - 2004, 2008 – Present Jānis Šmēdiņš
Previous teammates
Teammate Ruslans Sorokins, Mārtiņš Pļaviņš
Honours Men's beach volleyball Representing  Latvia European Championships 2014 Cagliari Beach 2013 Klagenfurt Beach

Aleksandrs Samoilovs (born April 6, 1985 in Riga) is a beach volleyball player from Latvia.

Samoilovs and team mate 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^[3]

• 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

References

1. "Samoilovs un Pļaviņš pēc Pekinas kopā vairs nestartēs". Diena.lv. Retrieved August 2, 2012.
2. "Aleksandrs Samoilovs Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved 2015-10-14.
3. "Aleksandrs Samoilovs homepage".

External links

• Aleksandrs Samoilovs at the Beach Volleyball Database