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Maksim Sidorov Personal information Nationality Russian Born 13 May 1986
Moscow, RussiaSport Sport Track and field Event(s) Shot put Club Dinamo Achievements and titles Personal best(s) 21.45m Medal recordEuropean Indoor Championships Bronze 2011 Paris Shot Putt World Student Games Gold 2007 Bangkok Shot Putt Maksim Viktorovich Sidorov (Russian: Максим Викторович Сидоров; born May 13, 1986) is a Russian shot putter. He has a personal best throw of 21.45 metres (70.374 ft)[1].
Career
- 2011
Sidorov took his first senior international championship medal, when he threw 20.55m for bronze at the European Indoor Athletics Championships in Paris. He threw 21.45m on the 22nd July to win the Russian National Championships.[2]. 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.[3]
- 2010
Sidorov narrowly missed making the final of the shot put at the 13th IAAF World Athletics Championships, finishing 7th in his qualifying group, and 14th overall with a putt of 19.88m[4]
Achievements
Year Competition Venue Position Notes Representing 
Russia2005 European Junior Championships Kaunas, Lithuania 3rd 19.32 m 2007 Summer Universiade Bangkok, Thailand 1st 20.01 m 2009 World Championships Berlin, Germany 31st (q) 18.92 m 2010 World Indoor Championships Doha, Qatar 14th (q) 19.88 m 2011 European Indoor Championships Paris, France 3rd 20.55 m References
- ^ http://www.iaaf.org/statistics/toplists/inout=o/age=n/season=2011/sex=M/all=n/legal=A/disc=SP/detail.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
- ^ http://www.iaaf.org/athletes/biographies/country=RUS/athcode=210830/index.html
- IAAF profile for Maksim Sidorov
Categories:- 1986 births
- Living people
- Russian shot putters
- Russian athletics biography stubs
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