fullname currentteammate teammates birth_place weight height birth_date nickname article_title hometown name currentyears
aleksandrs samoilovs jānis Šmēdiņš ruslans sorokins , mārtiņš pļaviņš riga , 94 kg lb on 195 cm ftin on 06 april 1985 the lion king aleksandrs samoilovs
 riga , aleksandrs samoilovs - 2004 , 2008 - present
aleksandrs samoilovs

aleksandrs samoilovs -lrb- born april 6 , 1985 in riga -rrb- 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 .
he now partnering with jānis Šmēdiņš .
