Maksim Viktorovich Sidorov (; born 13 May 1986) 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 IAAF World Indoor Championships, finishing seventh in his qualifying group, and 14th overall with a mark of 19.88 m.
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.Unknown 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. He also competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics.
In 2017, he tested for a positive for a banned substance Indapamide and was disqualified for a year starting in July 2017.
International competitions Representing 2005European Junior ChampionshipsKaunas, Lithuania 3rdShot put (6 kg)19.32 m2007European U23 ChampionshipsDebrecen, Hungary8thShot put18.24 mUniversiadeBangkok, Thailand 1stShot put20.01 m2009World ChampionshipsBerlin, Germany30th (q)Shot put18.92 m2010World Indoor ChampionshipsDoha, Qatar13th (q)Shot put19.88 m2011European Indoor ChampionshipsParis, France 3rdShot put20.55 m2012World Indoor ChampionshipsIstanbul, Turkey5thShot put20.78 mOlympic GamesLondon, United Kingdom11thShot put20.41 m2013European Indoor ChampionshipsGothenburg, Sweden12th (q)Shot put19.58 mWorld ChampionshipsMoscow, Russia13th (q)Shot put19.63 m2014World Indoor ChampionshipsSopot, Poland16th (q)Shot put18.98 m2015European Indoor ChampionshipsPrague, Czech Republic14th (q)Shot put19.45 mWorld Championships Beijing, China22nd (q)Shot put19.35 m
See also List of doping cases in athletics
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