Yevgeniy Vasilyevich Mironov (russian: Евге́ний Васлъевич Миро́нов) (born 1 November 1949) was a Soviet athlete who competed mainly in the

Shot Put The shot put is a track and field event involving "putting" (throwing) a heavy spherical ball—the ''shot''—as far as possible. The shot put competition for men has been a part of the modern Olympics since their revival in 1896, and women's ...

. He trained at Burevestnik in Leningrad. He competed for the USSR in the

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held in Montreal, Canada in the Shot Put where he won the silver medal.

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1949 births Living people Russian male shot putters Soviet male shot putters Olympic silver medalists for the Soviet Union Athletes (track and field) at the 1976 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for the Soviet Union Burevestnik (sports society) sportspeople European Athletics Championships medalists Medalists at the 1976 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists in athletics (track and field) {{USSR-athletics-Olympic-medalist-stub