Vladimir Viktorovich Smirnov (Russian: Влади́мир Ви́кторович Смирно́в, Ukrainian: Володимир Вікторович Смирнов; 20 May 1954 – 29 July 1982) was a Soviet foil and épée fencer.

[3] At the 1977 World Fencing Championships in Buenos Aires he won a bronze medal in foil team, and at the 1978 World Fencing Championships in Hamburg Smirnov again won a bronze medal in foil team.

[3] At the 1982 World Fencing Championships in Rome he was awarded the gold medal in foil team.

[5] Smirnov's accident was the driving force behind the significant improvement of safety gear in fencing.

The improvements greatly decreased the number of severe injuries in fencing, making it one of the safest competitive sports in the world.