| Maksim Afonin | |
| Birth Date: | 6 January 1992 |
| Height: | 1.84 m[1] |
| Weight: | 115 kg |
| Sport: | Athletics |
| Event: | Shot put |
| Club: | CSKA |
| Coach: | Nikolay Kolodko |
| Show-Medals: | yes |
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 21.07 metres outdoors (Moscow 2017) and 21.39 metres indoors (Moscow 2018).
| Representing | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | World Youth Championships | Brixen, Italy | 8th | Shot put (5 kg) | 18.55 м m |
| European Youth Olympic Festival | Tampere, Finland | 3rd | Shot put (5 kg) | 19.06 m | |
| 2010 | World Junior Championships | Moncton, Canada | 23rd (q) | Shot put (6 kg) | 17.09 m |
| 2012 | European Cup Winter Throwing (U23) | Bar, Montenegro | 3rd | Shot put | 18.73 m |
| 2013 | European Cup Winter Throwing (U23) | Castellón, Spain | 3rd | Shot put | 18.00 m |
| European U23 Championships | Tampere, Finland | 9th | Shot put | 18.18 m | |
| Competing as | |||||
| 2018 | World Indoor Championships | Birmingham, United Kingdom | 13th | Shot put | 19.84 m |
| European Championships | Berlin, Germany | 8th | Shot put | 20.68 m | |
| 2019 | European Indoor Championships | Glasgow, United Kingdom | 9th (q) | Shot put | 20.30 m |
| World Championships | Doha, Qatar | 28th (q) | Shot put | 19.82 m | |