Maksim Sidorov (shot putter)


Maksim Viktorovich Sidorov is a Russian shot putter. He has a personal best throw of.

Career

Sidorov narrowly missed making the final of the shot put at the 2012 World Indoor Championships, finishing 7th in his qualifying group, and 14th overall with a putt of 19.88m
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. 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.
In 2017, he tested for a positive for a banned substance Indapamide and was disqualified for a year starting in July 2017.

Achievements