Aleksandrs Samoilovs, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Aleksandrs Samoilovs

Latvian beach volleyball player

Date of Birth: 06-Apr-1985

Place of Birth: Riga, Latvia

Profession: volleyball player, beach volleyball player

Nationality: Latvia

Zodiac Sign: Aries

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Aleksandrs Samoilovs (born April 6, 1985) is a beach volleyball player from Latvia. Samoilovs and teammate Martinš Plavinš, 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 Plavinš stopped playing together.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.He now partnering with Janis Šmedinš.