Career
Samoilovs and team mate Mārtiņš Pļaviņš, with whom he partnered since 2004, represented Latvia at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China. After the Olympics Samoilovs and Pļaviņš stopped playing together. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he teamed with Ruslans Sorokins, where he again finished in 9th, reaching the round of 16, where they lost to Jonas Reckermann and Julius Brink of Germany.
He now partnering with Jānis Šmēdiņš.
1st place U-21 World championship.