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Russian discus thrower
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. He represented the host nation at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics in Moscow, finishing eighth. He was born in Stavropol.

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.

He was the winner at the Russian Athletics Championships in 2016. 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.

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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