# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/janis-smedins
# Generated: 2026-08-14T09:42:06.161Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/janis-smedins"
name: "Jānis Šmēdiņš"
slug: "janis-smedins"
description: "Jānis Šmēdiņš is a Latvian professional beach volleyball 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."
tagline: "Latvian beach volleyball player (born 1987)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/20180804_Beach_Volleyball_Vienna_Major_1618.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1987-07-31"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           44.61
  momentum:             0
  historical:           13.74622133333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Яніс Шмединьш"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Jānis Šmēdiņš"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Jānis Šmēdiņš"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Jānis Šmēdiņš"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "جونیس امادیچ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Jānis Šmēdiņš"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Jānis Šmēdiņš"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Jānis Šmēdiņš"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Jānis Šmēdiņš"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Jānis Šmēdiņš"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Jānis Šmēdiņš"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Jānis Šmēdiņš"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Jānis Šmēdiņš"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump