Viktor Butenko

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]

Viktor Butenko

Personal information
Born	(1993-03-10) 10 March 1993
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	Discus throw
Medal record Military World Games 2019 Wuhan Discus throw

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

• Russian Athletics Championships
  • Discus throw: 2016

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

• Viktor Butenko at World Athletics