Aleksandrs Samoilovs

Who is Aleksandrs Samoilovs?

Aleksandrs Samoilovs 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 again is partnering with Ruslans Sorokins with whom he partnered before 2004.