Maksim Sidorov (shot putter)
![]() Sidorov during 2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships in Istanbul. | |
Personal information | |
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Nationality | Russian |
Born | Moscow, Russia | 13 May 1986
Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) |
Weight | 120 kg (265 lb) |
Sport | |
Sport | Track and field |
Event | Shot put |
Club | Dynamo Sports Club |
Achievements and titles | |
Personal best | 21.45m |
Maksim Viktorovich Sidorov (Russian: Максим Викторович Сидоров; born May 13, 1986) is a Russian shot putter. He has a personal best throw of 21.51 metres (70.571 ft).[1]
Career
Sidorov narrowly missed making the final of the shot put at the 2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships, finishing seventh in his qualifying group, and 14th overall with a mark of 19.88 m.[2]
Sidorov took his first senior international championship medal, when he threw 20.55m for bronze at the 2011 European Indoor Championships in Paris. He threw 21.45m on 22 July to win the Russian National Championships.[3] In doing so, he overtook David Storl and Aleksandr Lobynya as the best European outdoor shot putter and best Russian outdoor shot putter respectively in 2011.[4]
In 2017, he tested for a positive for a banned substance Indapamide and was disqualified for a year starting in July 2017.[5]
International competitions
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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2005 | European Junior Championships | Kaunas, Lithuania | 3rd | Shot put (6 kg) | 19.32 m |
2007 | European U23 Championships | Debrecen, Hungary | 8th | Shot put | 18.24 m |
Universiade | Bangkok, Thailand | 1st | Shot put | 20.01 m | |
2009 | World Championships | Berlin, Germany | 30th (q) | Shot put | 18.92 m |
2010 | World Indoor Championships | Doha, Qatar | 13th (q) | Shot put | 19.88 m |
2011 | European Indoor Championships | Paris, France | 3rd | Shot put | 20.55 m |
2012 | World Indoor Championships | Istanbul, Turkey | 5th | Shot put | 20.78 m |
Olympic Games | London, United Kingdom | 11th | Shot put | 20.41 m | |
2013 | European Indoor Championships | Gothenburg, Sweden | 12th (q) | Shot put | 19.58 m |
World Championships | Moscow, Russia | 13th (q) | Shot put | 19.63 m | |
2014 | World Indoor Championships | Sopot, Poland | 16th (q) | Shot put | 18.98 m |
2015 | European Indoor Championships | Prague, Czech Republic | 14th (q) | Shot put | 19.45 m |
World Championships | Beijing, China | 22nd (q) | Shot put | 19.35 m |
See also
References
- ^ "IAAF: Maksim Sidorov | Profile". iaaf.org. Retrieved 26 February 2016.
- ^ http://www.iaaf.org/athletes/biographies/country=RUS/athcode=210830/index.html
- ^ http://eng.rusathletics.com/sor/sor.php?sor_in=2182&ppr=1
- ^ http://www.iaaf.org/statistics/toplists/inout=o/age=n/season=2011/sex=M/all=n/legal=A/disc=SP/detail.html
- ^ "Two Russian track and field athletes suspended over doping". TASS. 18 October 2017. Retrieved 28 October 2017.
External links
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- Living people
- Russian male shot putters
- Olympic male shot putters
- Olympic athletes of Russia
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- World Athletics Championships athletes for Russia
- Universiade gold medalists for Russia
- Universiade gold medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Medalists at the 2007 Summer Universiade
- Russian Athletics Championships winners
- Doping cases in athletics
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