{{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 = <!-- Leave this blank for the default size --> | caption = | nationality = Belarusian<br>Russian | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1986|3|18}} | birth_place = Grodno, Byelorussian SSR, Soviet Union | height = 1.98 m | weight = 97 kg | spike = 328 cm | block = 319 cm | position = Setter | currentclub = Ural Ufa | currentnumber = | years = 2001–2003<br>2003–2004<br>2004–2006<br>2006–2007<br>2007–2009<br>2009–2016<br>2016–2021<br>2021–2022<br>2023<br>2023– | teams = Kommunalnik Grodno<br>Dynamo Moscow<br>Lutch Moscow<br>Lokomotiv Novosibirsk<br>Iskra Odintsovo<br>Lokomotiv Novosibirsk<br>Zenit Kazan<br>Kuzbass Kemerovo<br>Zenit Kazan<br>Ural Ufa | nationalyears = 2003<br>2005–2019 | nationalteam = Belarus<br>Russia | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|Men's volleyball}} {{MedalCountry|{{RUS}}}} {{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}} center|80px {{MedalGold|2012 London|Team}} {{MedalCompetition|World Cup}} {{MedalGold|2011 Japan|}} {{MedalCompetition|World League}} {{MedalBronze|2009 Belgrade|}} {{MedalCompetition|European Championship}} {{MedalGold|2017 Poland|}} | updated = 3 September 2017 }}
'''Aleksandr Anatolyevich Butko''' ({{langx|ru|Александр Анатольевич Бутько}}; born 18 March 1986) is a Russian volleyball player, a member of Russia men's national volleyball team and Russian club Ural Ufa, 2012 Olympic Games.<ref>[http://www.cev.lu/Competition-Area/PlayerDetails.aspx?TeamID=9780&PlayerID=15581&ID=840 CEV profile]</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref>
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 following restesting of a sample made at the 2014 Russian National Volleyball Championships.<ref>{{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}}</ref>
==Sporting achievements== ===Clubs=== ====CEV Champions League==== * 16px 2008/2009 – with Iskra Odintsovo * 16px 2013/2014 – with Lokomotiv Novosibirsk * 16px 2015/2016 – with Zenit Kazan * 16px 2016/2017 – with Zenit Kazan * 16px 2017/2018 – with Zenit Kazan * 16px 2018/2019 – with Zenit Kazan
====FIVB Club World Championship==== * 16px 2013 – with Lokomotiv Novosibirsk * 16px 2016 – with Zenit Kazan * 16px 2017 – with Zenit Kazan * 16px 2019 – with Zenit Kazan
====National championships==== * '''2003/2004''' 16px Russian Championship, with Dynamo Moscow * '''2007/2008''' 16px Russian Championship, with Iskra Odintsovo * '''2008/2009''' 16px Russian Championship, with Iskra Odintsovo * '''2013/2014''' 16px Russian Championship, with Lokomotiv Novosibirsk * '''2015/2016''' 16px Russian Championship, with Zenit Kazan * '''2016/2017''' 16px Russian Championship, with Zenit Kazan * '''2017/2018''' 16px Russian Championship, with Zenit Kazan * '''2018/2019''' 16px Russian Championship, with Zenit Kazan * '''2019/2020''' 16px Russian Championship, with Zenit Kazan
===National team=== * '''2011''' 16px FIVB World League * '''2011''' 16px FIVB World Cup * '''2012''' 16px Olympic Games * '''2017''' 16px CEV European Championship
===Individual=== * '''2017''' FIVB Club World Championship – Best Setter * '''2018''' 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 Category:1986 births Category:Sportspeople from Grodno Category:Naturalized citizens of Russia Category:Russian men's volleyball players Category:Olympic gold medalists for Russia Category:Olympic medalists in volleyball Category:Volleyball players at the 2012 Summer Olympics Category:Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Category:Olympic volleyball players for Russia Category:Setters (volleyball) Category:20th-century Russian sportsmen Category:21st-century Russian sportsmen Category:Doping cases in volleyball Category:Russian sportspeople in doping cases
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