Toms Šmēdiņš
Toms Šmēdiņš 
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| birthday | April 25, 1986 |
| place of birth | Ventspils, Latvian SSR |
| size | 1.90 m |
| partner | 2002, 2009–2011 Artis Caics 2003–2008 Jānis Šmēdiņš 2008 Mārtiņš Pļaviņš 2012 Edgars Točs 2013, 2015 Ruslans Sorokins 2014 Jānis Pēda 2014–2015 Viktors Koržeņevičs 2016–2017 Aleksandrs Solovejs since 2018 Haralds Regža |
| World ranking | Position 209 |
| (As of July 10, 2018) | |
Toms Šmēdiņš (born April 25, 1986 in Ventspils ) is a Latvian beach volleyball player .
Career
In 2002, Šmēdiņš finished fifth with Artis Caics at the U18 World Cup in Xylokastro . With his brother Jānis Šmēdiņš he entered the same competition in Pattaya the next year . In 2004 he reached the final of the Junior World Championships in Porto Santo with Valters Ramma . In St. Petersburg , the Šmēdiņš brothers played their first joint open tournament in 2005 and now formed a permanent couple that came fourth at the 2006 World Cup in Mysłowice . In 2008 they parted ways again and Toms played the last tournaments of the year with Mārtiņš Pļaviņš . At the beginning of the year he competed with Caics in Novi Sad and won the Challenger tournament. After a third place in Varna , he had two more appearances with Pļaviņš before continuing his career with Caics in 2010. At the 2010 European Championships in Berlin, the two Latvians lost to their compatriots Samoilovs / Sorokins in the preliminary round and were eliminated as the bottom of the group. In 2011 they did not get beyond the preliminary round at the European Championships in Kristiansand .
In 2012 Toms Šmēdiņš played with Edgars Točs and in 2013 with Ruslans Sorokins . At the World Championships in Stare Jabłonki, Šmēdiņš / Sorokins retired after the preliminary round despite a victory over the Dutch Spijkers / Varenhorst . In 2014, Jānis Pēda Šmēdiņš was initially a new partner. At the EM in Quartu Sant'Elena, Šmēdiņš / Pēda were eliminated without a win after the preliminary round. Subsequently, Šmēdiņš played with Viktors Koržeņevičs and in late 2015 again with Ruslans Sorokins. In 2016 and 2017 he played alongside Aleksandrs Solovejs . Haralds Regža has been Šmēdiņš 'partner since 2018 .
Web links
- Profile at the world association FIVB (English)
- Profile in the Beach Volleyball Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ FIVB world rankings (as of July 9, 2018)
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| SURNAME | Šmēdiņš, Toms |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Latvian beach volleyball player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 25, 1986 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Ventspils |