VOLLEYBALL PLAYER

Mārtiņš Pļaviņš

1985 - Today

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Mārtiņš Pļaviņš (born 8 May 1985) is a Latvian professional beach volleyball player. He teamed up with Aleksandrs Samoilovs in 2004. Pļaviņš and team mate Samoilovs represented Latvia at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China after which they stopped playing together. At the 2008 Olympics, the #21-ranked Latvian team achieved a major upset in the preliminary round, beating the #1-ranked team of Todd Rogers and Phil Dalhausser (United States). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Mārtiņš Pļaviņš is the 171st most popular volleyball player (up from 174th in 2024), the 291st most popular biography from Latvia (down from 286th in 2019) and the most popular Latvian Volleyball Player.

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Among VOLLEYBALL PLAYERS

Among volleyball players, Mārtiņš Pļaviņš ranks 171 out of 199. Before him are Fernanda Garay, Shelda Bede, Laura Dijkema, Maja Aleksić, David Lee, and Kimberly Hill. After him are Laura Ludwig, Zhou Suhong, Robin de Kruijf, Uroš Kovačević, Nicolas Le Goff, and Lucas Saatkamp.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1985, Mārtiņš Pļaviņš ranks 995. Before him are Rika Ishikawa, Kunimitsu Sekiguchi, Marcelo Toscano, Yōhei Kajiyama, Jens Byggmark, and Kim Seung-yong. After him are Elvedin Džinić, Alex Clare, Renal Ganeyev, Lara Dickenmann, Azizbek Haydarov, and Pedro Morales.

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In Latvia

Among people born in Latvia, Mārtiņš Pļaviņš ranks 291 out of 323. Before him are Jānis Strēlnieks (1989), Igors Stepanovs (1976), Gatis Smukulis (1987), Jevgēņijs Saproņenko (1978), Oskars Melbārdis (1988), and Laura Ikauniece-Admidiņa (1992). After him are Aleksandrs Ņiživijs (1976), Agata Muceniece (1989), Jānis Sprukts (1982), Andrejs Štolcers (1974), Dana Reizniece-Ozola (1981), and Mārtiņš Freimanis (1977).

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Among VOLLEYBALL PLAYERS In Latvia

Among volleyball players born in Latvia, Mārtiņš Pļaviņš ranks 1. After him are Jānis Šmēdiņš (1987).

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