Sergey Smirnov (shot putter)

Sergey Valentinovich Smirnov (Russian: Сергей Валентинович Смирнов; born 17 September 1960 – 18 September 2003) was a Russian track and field athlete who competed in the shot put. He was a medallist at the IAAF World Indoor Championships in 1987 and at the European Athletics Indoor Championships in 1986 and 1987. Smirnov represented the Soviet Union at the 1988 Seoul Olympics and at the 1983 World Championships in Athletics.

Among his other honours were a gold medal at the 1986 Goodwill Games, a gold medal at the 1985 European Cup (in an unbeaten championship record), and a silver at the 1985 IAAF World Cup. He was a six-time Soviet champion. His personal bests of 22.24 m (72 ft 11+1⁄2 in) outdoors and 21.40 m (70 ft 2+1⁄2 in) are the current Russian records in the shot put. He ranks in the top fifteen all-time athletes for the shot put.