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Martins Plavins:

Martins Plavins

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Vital Statistics

Photo: FIVB

Birth Date	May 8, 1985 (40 years old)
Home Town	Riga
Resides	Riga
Height	6'3"
	Best Finish	Winnings
United States	1st	$14,000
p1440	1st	$14,000
International	1st (7 times)	$448,750
FIVB	1st (5 times)	$445,950
FIVB AGWC	1st	$0
FIVB C&S	1st	$2,800
Europe	1st (5 times)	€ 33,981
CEV	1st (2 times)	€ 31,994
CEV C&S	1st	€ 1,988
CEV Under Age	1st (2 times)	€ 0
Other	1st	$0
Other	1st	$0
Overall	1st (14 times)	$503,900

Bio Bits

Plavins, who has two sisters (Elina and Ieva) was married in 2009 as he and his wife Liene reside in Riga.

Olympics:
• In the 2008 Beijing Olympics Plavins qualified with Aleksandrs Samoilovs as the 13th seed. The pair went 2-1 in pool play, including a tournament-opening win over the eventual Gold Medal winners from the USA, Phil Dalhausser and Todd Rogers. The duo lost their bracket play match, finishing ninth.

First began playing Volleyball? - 1996
First began playing Beach Volleyball? - 2001
Favorite Movies?- Prison Break; Stomp the yard
Favorite Musical Group?- Do not have a favorite group
Favorite Meal? - potatoes with chicken
Most admired athletes?- Zinedine Zidane
Most admired Volleyball players?- Karch Kiraly
Most admired person? Wentworth Miller
Most memorable moment in life?- my wedding
Most memorable Beach Volleyball moment?- A opening match win against Phil Dalhausser and Todd Rogers of the United States at the Bejing 2008 Olympic Games.
A word to define himself off sand? - Friend
A word to define himself on the sand? - Fighter
If you could have dinner with any three people, who? - Karch Kiraly, Jennifer Lopez and Wentworth Miller
Individuals who have helped him in life?- Atis Sausnitis and Andris Leitis
Individuals who helped him during his Beach Volleyball?- Genadijs Samoilovs and Aigars Birzulis
When your beach volleyball career is over, what would you like to do? - To be a beach volleyball coach

Awards

FIVB Best Defensive Player 2012

Career Summary

United States
Season	Assoc	Played	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	7th	9th	Money	Points	Rank	13th	17th	19th	21st	25th	29th	33rd	37th	41st	CQ
2018	p1440	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$14,000.00			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total (Rank)		1	1 (136th)	0	0	0	0	0	0	$14,000.00 (277th)			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

International
Season	Assoc	Played	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	7th	9th	Money	Points	Rank	13th	17th	19th	21st	25th	29th	33rd	37th	41st	CQ
2002	FIVB AGWC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2004	FIVB AGWC	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2005	FIVB C&S	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	$1,450.00	22.0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2005	FIVB AGWC	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2005	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,000.00	20.0	181st	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
2006	FIVB C&S	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$1,350.00	44.0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2006	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,250.00	141.0	124th	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0
2007	FIVB	15	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$30,500.00	1,059.0	47th	3	5	0	0	2	0	1	1	1	0
2008	FIVB	17	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	$29,100.00	1,140.0	49th	0	2	0	0	6	0	3	0	0	0
2009	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$10,650.00	360.0	95th	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Season	Assoc	Played	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	7th	9th	Money	Points	Rank	13th	17th	19th	21st	25th	29th	33rd	37th	41st	CQ
2010	FIVB	11	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	$28,750.00	995.0	40th	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	3	0
2011	FIVB	10	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	$39,875.00	1,290.0	35th	1	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
2012	FIVB	11	1	0	1	0	0	0	5	$49,725.00	1,450.0	20th	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
2013	FIVB	9	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$18,850.00	1,195.0	54th	0	2	0	0	4	0	2	0	0	0
2014	FIVB	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	$19,000.00	950.0	67th	0	1	0	0	1	0	5	0	0	0
2015	FIVB	11	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	$14,850.00	965.0	60th	0	2	0	0	1	0	2	0	2	1
2016	FIVB	17	0	0	1	0	0	0	9	$35,700.00	2,030.0	29th	0	4	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0
2017	FIVB	7	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	$13,250.00	750.0	54th	0	2	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0
2018	FIVB	13	1	1	0	0	3	1	4	$53,000.00	2,930.0	11th	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
2019	FIVB	13	0	0	1	0	2	0	8	$38,000.00	3,150.0	19th	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Season	Assoc	Played	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	7th	9th	Money	Points	Rank	13th	17th	19th	21st	25th	29th	33rd	37th	41st	CQ
2021	FIVB	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	$8,750.00	560.0	86th	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
2022	FIVB	6	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,250.00	750.0	178th	0	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0
2023	FIVB	9	1	0	1	0	2	0	1	$3,127.15	1,400.0	89th	0	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0
2024	FIVB	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$11,000.00	880.0	149th	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2025	FIVB	11	1	0	0	2	3	0	0	$36,554.70	3,280.0	17th	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total (Rank)		195 (9th)	7 (44th)	3	6	6	17	3	45	$448,981.86 (50th)	25,361.0		9	37	3	2	27	0	18	2	8	1

Europe
Season	Assoc	Played	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	7th	9th	Money	Points	Rank	13th	17th	19th	21st	25th	29th	33rd	37th	41st	CQ
2002	CEV Under Age	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	€ 0.00	18.5		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2004	CEV Under Age	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	€ 0.00	20.0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2005	CEV Under Age	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	€ 0.00	20.0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2006	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	€ 0.00	60.0		0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
2006	CEV Under Age	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	€ 0.00	80.0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2007	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	€ 650.00	90.0		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2009	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	€ 0.00	15.0		0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
2010	CEV	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	€ 5,000.00	320.0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2010	CEV C&S	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	€ 900.00	70.0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2011	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	€ 2,000.00	240.0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Season	Assoc	Played	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	7th	9th	Money	Points	Rank	13th	17th	19th	21st	25th	29th	33rd	37th	41st	CQ
2012	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	€ 1,250.00	160.0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2013	CEV C&S	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	€ 187.50	119.0		0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
2014	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	€ 500.00	100.0		0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2014	CEV C&S	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	€ 900.00	217.0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2015	CEV	4	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	€ 1,843.75	392.0		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2016	CEV	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	€ 1,750.00	188.0		0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
2017	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	€ 2,000.00	168.0		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2018	CEV	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	€ 2,750.00	310.0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2019	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	€ 500.00	120.0		0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2020	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	€ 1,250.00	150.0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Season	Assoc	Played	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	7th	9th	Money	Points	Rank	13th	17th	19th	21st	25th	29th	33rd	37th	41st	CQ
2021	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	€ 1,250.00	150.0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2024	CEV	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	€ 10,000.00	400.0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2025	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	€ 1,250.00	230.0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total (Rank)		32 (25th)	5 (14th)	0	4	3	3	2	5	€ 33,981.25 (39th)	3,637.5		3	2	0	2	2	1	0	0	0	0



Overall
Total (Rank)		229 (44th)	14 (62nd)	3	10	9	20	5	50	$503,900.22 (83rd)	28,998.5		12	39	3	4	29	1	18	2	8	1

Red denotes ranked 1st

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