Aleksey Sergeyevich Spiridonov (russian: Алексей Серге́евич Спиридонов) (20 November 1951 – 9 April 1998) was a

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athlete who mainly competed in the men's hammer throw event. Born in

Leningrad Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...

he trained at VSS Trud in

. He competed for the

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in the

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held in

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, Canada in the hammer throw where he won the silver medal. His trainer was Oleg Kolodiy.

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* * 1951 births 1998 deaths Athletes from Saint Petersburg Russian male hammer throwers Soviet male hammer throwers Olympic athletes for the Soviet Union Olympic silver medalists for the Soviet Union Athletes (track and field) at the 1976 Summer Olympics European Athletics Championships medalists Medalists at the 1976 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists in athletics (track and field) Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) FISU World University Games gold medalists for the Soviet Union Medalists at the 1973 Summer Universiade Medalists at the 1975 Summer Universiade {{Russia-athletics-bio-stub