Jānis Šmēdiņš (born 31 July 1987) is a

Latvia Latvia, officially the Republic of Latvia, is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is one of the three Baltic states, along with Estonia to the north and Lithuania to the south. It borders Russia to the east and Belarus to t ...

beach volleyball Beach volleyball is a team sport played by two teams of two to four players each on a sand court divided by a net. Similar to indoor volleyball, the objective of the game is to send the ball over the net and to ground it on the opponent's side o ...

player. From 2008 to 2012, he played together with Mārtiņš Pļaviņš. They won the bronze medal at the European Championships 2010. Two years later, they won the bronze medal at the 2012 Olympic Games in London. After 2012, he played with Aleksandrs Samoilovs, and the duo were among world leaders before 2016 Olympic Games in Rio.Pļaviņam un Šmēdiņam Eiropas bronza
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* 1987 births Living people Latvian beach volleyball players Men's beach volleyball players Beach volleyball players at the 2012 Summer Olympics Beach volleyball players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic beach volleyball players for Latvia Olympic bronze medalists for Latvia Olympic medalists in beach volleyball Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics People from Kuldīga Latvian Academy of Sport Education alumni FIVB World Tour award winners {{Latvia-sport-bio-stub