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Viktor Butenko
Russian male discus thrower

Viktor Butenko

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Russian male discus thrower
A.K.A.
Victor Butenko Виктор Александрович Бутенко Viktor Aleksandrovich Butenko
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Place of birth
Stavropol, Stavropol Krai, Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Russia
Age
31 years
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Biography

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

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
2011European Junior ChampionshipsTallinn, Estonia6thDiscus throw58.45 m
2012World Junior ChampionshipsBarcelona, Spain4thDiscus throw61.48 m
2013European Cup Winter ThrowingCastellón de la Plana, Spain5thDiscus throw (U23)59.86 m
European Team ChampionshipsGateshead, United Kingdom11thDiscus throw51.96 m
European U23 ChampionshipsTampere, Finland2ndDiscus throw62.27 m
World ChampionshipsMoscow, Russia8thDiscus throw63.38 m
2014European Cup Winter ThrowingLeiria, Portugal1stDiscus throw64.38 m
European Team ChampionshipsBraunschweig, Germany3rdDiscus throw62.81 m
European ChampionshipsZürich, Switzerland5thDiscus throw62.80 m
DecaNationAngers, France1stDiscus throw62.54 m
2015European Cup Winter ThrowingLeiria, Portugal3rdDiscus throw65.44 m
2017World ChampionshipsLondon, United Kingdom23rd (q)Discus throw59.29 m
2018European ChampionshipsBerlin, Germany9thDiscus throw62.24 m

National titles

  • Russian Athletics Championships
    • Discus throw: 2016
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