# Aleksandr Butko
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{{short description|Russian volleyball player (born 1986)}}
{{Infobox volleyball biography
| name = Aleksandr Butko
| image = Paris Volley - Zenith Kazan, CEV Champions League, 15 February 2017 - 52.jpg
| image_size =
| caption =
| nationality = Belarusian
Russian
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1986|3|18}}
| birth_place = [Grodno](/source/Grodno), [Byelorussian SSR](/source/Byelorussian_SSR), [Soviet Union](/source/Soviet_Union)
| height = 1.98 m
| weight = 97 kg
| spike = 328 cm
| block = 319 cm
| position = Setter
| currentclub = [Ural Ufa](/source/Ural_Ufa)
| currentnumber =
| years = 2001–2003
2003–2004
2004–2006
2006–2007
2007–2009
2009–2016
2016–2021
2021–2022
2023
2023–
| teams = [Kommunalnik Grodno](/source/Kommunalnik_Grodno)
[Dynamo Moscow](/source/VC_Dynamo_Moscow)
[Lutch Moscow](/source/Lutch_Moscow)
[Lokomotiv Novosibirsk](/source/VC_Lokomotiv_Novosibirsk)
[Iskra Odintsovo](/source/VC_Iskra_Odintsovo)
[Lokomotiv Novosibirsk](/source/VC_Lokomotiv_Novosibirsk)
[Zenit Kazan](/source/VC_Zenit-Kazan)
[Kuzbass Kemerovo](/source/VC_Kuzbass_Kemerovo)
[Zenit Kazan](/source/VC_Zenit-Kazan)
[Ural Ufa](/source/Ural_Ufa)
| nationalyears = 2003
2005–2019
| nationalteam = [Belarus](/source/Belarus_men's_national_volleyball_team)
[Russia](/source/Russia_men's_national_volleyball_team)
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalSport|Men's [volleyball](/source/volleyball)}}
{{MedalCountry|{{RUS}}}}
{{MedalCompetition|[Olympic Games](/source/Olympic_Games)}}
center|80px
{{MedalGold|[2012 London](/source/Volleyball_at_the_2012_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men's_tournament)|[Team](/source/Volleyball_at_the_2012_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men's_tournament)}}
{{MedalCompetition|[World Cup](/source/FIVB_Volleyball_Men's_World_Cup)}}
{{MedalGold|[2011 Japan](/source/2011_FIVB_Men's_World_Cup)|}}
{{MedalCompetition|[World League](/source/FIVB_World_League)}}
{{MedalBronze|[2009 Belgrade](/source/2009_FIVB_Volleyball_World_League)|}}
{{MedalCompetition|[European Championship](/source/Men's_European_Volleyball_Championship)}}
{{MedalGold|[2017 Poland](/source/2017_Men's_European_Volleyball_Championship)|}}
| updated = 3 September 2017
}}
'''Aleksandr Anatolyevich Butko''' ({{langx|ru|Александр Анатольевич Бутько}}; born 18 March 1986) is a Russian [volleyball](/source/volleyball) player, a member of [Russia men's national volleyball team](/source/Russia_men's_national_volleyball_team) and Russian club [Ural Ufa](/source/Ural_Ufa), [2012 Olympic Games](/source/Volleyball_at_the_2012_Summer_Olympics%26nbsp%3B%E2%80%93_Men's_tournament).[[http://www.cev.lu/Competition-Area/PlayerDetails.aspx?TeamID=9780&PlayerID=15581&ID=840 CEV profile]][{{cite Sports-Reference |title=Aleksandr Butko |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/bu/aleksandr-butko-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161202235752/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/bu/aleksandr-butko-1.html |archive-date=2 December 2016}}]
In 2022, Butko was issued with a 15-month ban that ran from January 2022 to March 2023 for an anti-doping rule violation for [trimetazidine](/source/trimetazidine) following restesting of a sample made at the 2014 Russian National Volleyball Championships.[{{cite web |url=https://www.fivb.com/alexander-butko-accepts-sanction-for-anti-doping-rule-violation/ |title=Alexander Butko accepts sanction for anti-doping rule violation |publisher=FIVB |date=24 November 2022}}]
==Sporting achievements==
===Clubs===
====CEV Champions League====
* 16px [2008/2009](/source/2008%E2%80%9309_CEV_Champions_League) – with [Iskra Odintsovo](/source/VC_Iskra_Odintsovo)
* 16px [2013/2014](/source/2013%E2%80%9314_CEV_Champions_League) – with [Lokomotiv Novosibirsk](/source/Lokomotiv_Novosibirsk)
* 16px [2015/2016](/source/2015%E2%80%9316_CEV_Champions_League) – with [Zenit Kazan](/source/VC_Zenit-Kazan)
* 16px [2016/2017](/source/2016%E2%80%9317_CEV_Champions_League) – with [Zenit Kazan](/source/VC_Zenit-Kazan)
* 16px [2017/2018](/source/2017%E2%80%9318_CEV_Champions_League) – with [Zenit Kazan](/source/VC_Zenit-Kazan)
* 16px [2018/2019](/source/2018%E2%80%9319_CEV_Champions_League) – with [Zenit Kazan](/source/VC_Zenit-Kazan)
====FIVB Club World Championship====
* 16px [2013](/source/2013_FIVB_Volleyball_Men's_Club_World_Championship) – with [Lokomotiv Novosibirsk](/source/VC_Lokomotiv_Novosibirsk)
* 16px [2016](/source/2016_FIVB_Volleyball_Men's_Club_World_Championship) – with [Zenit Kazan](/source/VC_Zenit-Kazan)
* 16px [2017](/source/2017_FIVB_Volleyball_Men's_Club_World_Championship) – with [Zenit Kazan](/source/VC_Zenit-Kazan)
* 16px [2019](/source/2019_FIVB_Volleyball_Men's_Club_World_Championship) – with [Zenit Kazan](/source/Zenit_Kazan)
====National championships====
* '''2003/2004''' 16px Russian Championship, with [Dynamo Moscow](/source/VC_Dynamo_Moscow)
* '''2007/2008''' 16px Russian Championship, with [Iskra Odintsovo](/source/VC_Iskra_Odintsovo)
* '''2008/2009''' 16px Russian Championship, with [Iskra Odintsovo](/source/VC_Iskra_Odintsovo)
* '''2013/2014''' 16px Russian Championship, with [Lokomotiv Novosibirsk](/source/VC_Lokomotiv_Novosibirsk)
* '''2015/2016''' 16px Russian Championship, with [Zenit Kazan](/source/VC_Zenit-Kazan)
* '''2016/2017''' 16px Russian Championship, with [Zenit Kazan](/source/VC_Zenit-Kazan)
* '''2017/2018''' 16px Russian Championship, with [Zenit Kazan](/source/VC_Zenit-Kazan)
* '''2018/2019''' 16px Russian Championship, with [Zenit Kazan](/source/VC_Zenit-Kazan)
* '''2019/2020''' 16px Russian Championship, with [Zenit Kazan](/source/VC_Zenit-Kazan)
===National team===
* '''2011''' 16px [FIVB World League](/source/2011_FIVB_Volleyball_World_League)
* '''2011''' 16px [FIVB World Cup](/source/2011_FIVB_Men's_World_Cup)
* '''2012''' 16px [Olympic Games](/source/Volleyball_at_the_2012_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men's_tournament)
* '''2017''' 16px [CEV European Championship](/source/2017_Men's_European_Volleyball_Championship)
===Individual===
* '''2017''' [FIVB Club World Championship](/source/2017_FIVB_Volleyball_Men's_Club_World_Championship) – Best Setter
* '''2018''' [CEV Champions League](/source/2017%E2%80%9318_CEV_Champions_League) – Best Setter
==References==
{{Reflist}}
==External links==
{{commons}}
* {{FIVB player|117831}}
* {{Olympics.com}}
* {{Olympedia}}
{{Russia squad 2011 FIVB Men's World Cup}}
{{Russia men volleyball team 2012 Olympics}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Butko, Aleksandr}}
Category:Living people
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Category:Russian men's volleyball players
Category:Olympic gold medalists for Russia
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Category:Volleyball players at the 2012 Summer Olympics
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Category:Doping cases in volleyball
Category:Russian sportspeople in doping cases
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