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Born | 10 March 1993 | ||||||||
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Sport | Athletics | ||||||||
Event | Discus throw | ||||||||
Medal record
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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]
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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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 |