Viktor Butenko
Personal information
Born (1993-03-10) 10 March 1993 (age 31)
Sport
SportAthletics
EventDiscus throw
Medal record
Military World Games
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Wuhan Discus throw

Viktor Aleksandrovich Butenko (Russian: Виктор Александрович Бутенко; born 10 March 1993) is a Russian track and field athlete competing in the discus throw. He holds a personal best of 65.97 m (216 ft 5 in), set in 2013.[1] He represented the host nation at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics in Moscow, finishing eighth.[2] He was born in Stavropol.[3]

He was a finalist at the 2014 European Athletics Championships, placing fifth. Among his other honours are a win at the European Cup Winter Throwing at a bronze at the European Team Championships in 2014.[4]

He was the winner at the Russian Athletics Championships in 2016.[5] However, he was suspended from international competition in 2016 due to an overarching ban on the All-Russia Athletic Federation as a response to doping.[6]

International competitions

Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
2011 European Junior Championships Tallinn, Estonia 6th Discus throw 58.45 m
2012 World Junior Championships Barcelona, Spain 4th Discus throw 61.48 m
2013 European Cup Winter Throwing Castellón de la Plana, Spain 5th Discus throw (U23) 59.86 m
European Team Championships Gateshead, United Kingdom 11th Discus throw 51.96 m
European U23 Championships Tampere, Finland 2nd Discus throw 62.27 m
World Championships Moscow, Russia 8th Discus throw 63.38 m
2014 European Cup Winter Throwing Leiria, Portugal 1st Discus throw 64.38 m
European Team Championships Braunschweig, Germany 3rd Discus throw 62.81 m
European Championships Zürich, Switzerland 5th Discus throw 62.80 m
DecaNation Angers, France 1st Discus throw 62.54 m
2015 European Cup Winter Throwing Leiria, Portugal 3rd Discus throw 65.44 m
2017 World Championships London, United Kingdom 23rd (q) Discus throw 59.29 m
2018 European Championships Berlin, Germany 9th Discus throw 62.24 m

National titles

References

  1. ^ Maryanchik, Natalia (2013-05-27). Kupina, Koneva and Klishina star at the Russian Team Champs. IAAF. Retrieved on 2016-07-31.
  2. ^ Viktor Butenko. IAAF. Retrieved on 2016-07-31.
  3. ^ Viktor Butenko. European Athletics. Retrieved on 2016-07-31.
  4. ^ Viktor Butenko. All Athletics. Retrieved on 2016-07-31.
  5. ^ Butenko Viktor. RusAthletics. Retrieved on 2016-07-31.
  6. ^ RUSSIAN ATHLETES INELIGIBLE FOR PARTICIPATION IN INTERNATIONAL COMPETITIONS DURING THE SUSPENSION OF THE ALL RUSSIAN ATHLETICS FEDERATION (ARAF). IAAF (2016). Retrieved on 2016-07-31.

External links

Russian Athletics Championships men's discus throw champions
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