Aleksey Spiridonov

Aleksey Spiridonov

Personal information
Native name	Алексей Сергеевич Слирдонов
Nationality	Russian
Born	(1951-11-20)November 20, 1951 Leningrad, Soviet Union
Died
Height
Weight	117 kg (258 lb)
Sport
Country	Soviet Union
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	Hammer throw
Club	Trud Leningrad
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	78.62 m (1976)
Medal record Men's Athletics Representing the Soviet Union Olympic Games 1976 Montreal Hammer throw European Championships 1974 Rome Hammer throw Universiade 1975 Rome Hammer throw

Aleksey Sergeyevich Spiridonov (Russian: Алексей Серге́евич Спиридонов) (20 November 1951 – 9 April 1998) was a Soviet athlete who mainly competed in the men's hammer throw event. Born in Leningrad he trained at VSS Trud in Leningrad.

He competed for the Soviet Union in the 1976 Summer Olympics held in Montreal, Canada in the hammer throw where he won the silver medal.

References

• sports-reference

Records
Preceded by Reinhard Theimer	Men's Hammer World Record Holder 11 September 1974 – 19 May 1975	Succeeded by Karl-Hans Riehm