Maksim Afonin

Birth dateJan 6, 1992

Height1.84 m

Weight115 kg

Maksim Sergeyevich Afonin (Russian: Максим Сергеевич Афонин; born 6 January 1992) is a Russian athlete specialising in the shot put.

He competed at the 2018 World Indoor Championships as an Authorised Neutral Athlete due to Russia's ban from international competition His personal bests in the event are 21.

Their legacy in athletics continues through the records and inspiration they provided to future competitors.

Personal bests

21.39

49.76

DiscusThro

54.57

ShotPut(6k

19.53

ShotPut(5k

19.39

Performance Charts

Season bests

Season	Discipline	Result	Wind	Date	Trend	Competitions
2026	SP	20.57	-	Mar 2, 2026	↓	Russian Indoor Championships
2025	SP	20.62	-	Mar 15, 2025	↓	Shot Put Festival, Znamenskikh Arena, Moskva (i)
2024	SP	20.71	-	May 22, 2024	↓	Russian Team Championships, Slava Metreveli Stadium, Sochi
2024	DT	47.17	-	Aug 17, 2024	↑	Russian Championships, Kalininets Stadium, Yekaterinburg
2023	SP	20.67	-	Jul 22, 2023	↓	The Road to Olympus, Salyut Geraklion Stadion, Moskva
2022	SP	21.32	-	Aug 27, 2022	↓	Yelena Yelesina Stadium, Chelyabinsk (RUS)
2021	SP	20.45	-	Feb 7, 2021	↓	LFK CSKA, Moskva (RUS) (i)
2020	SP	20.62	-	Feb 26, 2020	↓	Russian Indoor Championships
2019	SP	20.70	-	Feb 14, 2019	↓	Russian Indoor Championships
2018	SP	21.39	-	Feb 13, 2018	↓	Russian Indoor Championships
2017	SP	21.09	-	Feb 20, 2017	↓	Moskva (RUS) (i)
2016	SP	20.96	-	Jun 21, 2016	↓	Cheboksary (RUS)
2015	SP	20.06	-	Aug 4, 2015	↓	Cheboksary (RUS)
2014	SP	18.52	-	Jul 14, 2014	↓	Saransk (RUS)
2014	DT	49.76	-	Apr 24, 2014	↑	Sochi (RUS)
2013	SP	18.74	-	Dec 22, 2013	↓	Moskva (RUS) (i)
2012	SP	19.30	-	Jul 20, 2012	↓	Yerino (RUS)
2011	SP	17.51	-	Jun 5, 2011	↓	Yerino (RUS)
2011	ShotPut(6k	19.53	-	May 18, 2011	↓	Krasnodar (RUS)
2011	DiscusThro	55.30	-	Jul 3, 2011	↓	Cheboksary (RUS)
2010	ShotPut(6k	18.80	-	May 30, 2010	↓	Krasnodar (RUS)
2010	SP	19.18	-	Jun 18, 2010	↓	Cheboksary (RUS)
2010	DiscusThro	49.63	-	Apr 25, 2010	↓	Adler, Sochi (RUS)
2009	ShotPut(5k	19.39	-	Jul 31, 2009	↓	Penza (RUS)
2009	DiscusThro	54.57	-	Feb 19, 2009	↓	Adler, Sochi (RUS)
2008	ShotPut(5k	18.62	-	Jun 26, 2008	↓	Vladimir (RUS)

Discipline	Result	Wind	Date	Competitions
SP	20.11	-	Aug 24	Final of the Queen of Sports, Kalininets Stadium, Yekaterinburg
SP	20.05	-	Aug 10	Russian Championships, Central Stadium, Kazan
SP	20.05	-	Aug 7	Russian Championships, Central Stadium, Kazan
SP	18.74	-	Jul 24	Belarus Championships, Regional Sport Complex, Brest
SP	19.94	-	Jul 13	The Cup of the Strongest Athletes, Regional Sport Complex, Brest
SP	19.94	-	Jul 12	The Cup of the Strongest Athletes, Regional Sport Complex, Brest
SP	19.45	-	Jun 29	Belarus Cup, RTSOP, Minsk
SP	19.45	-	Jun 28	Belarus Cup, RTSOP, Minsk
SP	18.99	-	Jun 22	National Cup
SP	18.99	-	Jun 20	National Cup
SP	19.82	-	Jun 14	Prazdnik Sily, Salyut Geraklion Stadion, Moskva
SP	18.32	-	Jun 8	Znamensky Brothers Memorial, Luzhniki, South Arena, Moskva
SP	18.76	-	May 29	Russian Team Championships, Slava Metreveli Stadium, Sochi
SP	18.76	-	May 28	Russian Team Championships, Slava Metreveli Stadium, Sochi
SP	19.71	-	Apr 24	All-Russian Throwing Competitions Pamyati A.A. Nizamutdinova, Yunost Stadium, Adler, Sochi
SP	20.62	-	Mar 15	Shot Put Festival, Znamenskikh Arena, Moskva (i)
SP	20.02	-	Mar 7	Snow Queen Final
SP	20.02	-	Mar 6	Snow Queen Final
SP	20.36	-	Feb 28	Russian Indoor Championships, LFK CSKA, Moskva (i)
SP	20.07	-	Feb 18	Alekseyev Memorial, Winter Arena, St. Petersburg (i)
SP	20.18	-	Feb 15	Belarus Indoor Championships
SP	20.18	-	Feb 14	Belarus Indoor Championships
SP	19.81	-	Feb 8	Russian Winter, LFK CSKA, Moskva (i)
SP	19.21	-	Feb 1	National Competitions Na Kubok Gubernatora Krasnodarskogo Kraya
SP	19.81	-	Jan 9	Christmas Cup, Znamenskikh Arena, Moskva (i)

Discipline	Result	Wind	Date	Competitions
SP	19.67	-	Jul 23	Russian Championships
SP	19.68	-	Jul 3	Cup of the Strongest Athletes of Russia and Belarus
SP	19.84	-	Jun 19	Russian Cup
SP	18.04	-	Jun 13	Prazdnik Sily, Salyut Geraklion Stadion, Moskva
SP	19.61	-	Jun 4	Znamensky Memorial, Luzhniki Stadion, Moskva
SP	20.57	-	Mar 2	Russian Indoor Championships
SP	20.57	-	Feb 28	Russian Indoor Championships
SP	20.35	-	Feb 7	Russian Winter
SP	19.23	-	Jan 11	Christmas Cup

Discipline	Result	Wind	Date	Competitions
DT	47.17	-	Aug 18	Russian Championships, Kalininets Stadium, Yekaterinburg
SP	19.49	-	Aug 18	Russian Championships, Kalininets Stadium, Yekaterinburg
SP	18.05	-	Aug 18	Russian Championships, Kalininets Stadium, Yekaterinburg
DT	46.53	-	Aug 18	Russian Championships, Kalininets Stadium, Yekaterinburg
DT	47.17	-	Aug 17	Russian Championships, Kalininets Stadium, Yekaterinburg
DT	46.53	-	Aug 16	Russian Championships, Kalininets Stadium, Yekaterinburg
SP	19.49	-	Aug 15	Russian Championships, Kalininets Stadium, Yekaterinburg
SP	18.05	-	Aug 15	Russian Championships, Kalininets Stadium, Yekaterinburg
SP	19.85	-	Jul 27	The Road to Olympus, Salyut Geraklion Stadion, Moskva
SP	19.78	-	Jul 9	Russian Cup
SP	19.78	-	Jul 7	Russian Cup
SP	19.74	-	Jun 29	Sinyaev Memorial
SP	19.82	-	Jun 6	Znamensky Brothers Memorial, Luzhniki North Arena, Moskva
SP	20.71	-	May 22	Russian Team Championships, Slava Metreveli Stadium, Sochi
SP	19.94	-	Apr 21	All-Russian Throwing Competitions Pamyati A.A. Nizamutdinova, Yunost Stadium, Adler, Sochi
SP	19.64	-	Mar 3	Shot Put Festival, Znamenskikh Arena, Moskva (i)

Maksim Afonin

Personal bests

Performance Charts

Season bests

2026

2025

2024

Honours