Early Life
Smirnov was born in Shuchinsk (formerly of Kokshetau Oblast, now Akmola Oblast, Kazakh SSR. During the Soviet period, he trained at the Armed Forces sports society in Alma-Ata.
In 1994, he received the Holmenkollen Medal (shared with Lyubov Yegorova and Espen Bredesen).
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