{{Short description|Ukrainian sport shooter (born 1990)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2022}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Viktor Bankin | image = Банькін Віктор Вікторович.jpg | fullname = Viktor Viktorovych Bankin | nationality = {{UKR}} | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1990|8|24|df=yes}} | birth_place = Kyiv, Ukraine | death_date = | death_place = | height = 1.85 m | weight = 84 kg | website = | country = {{UKR}} | sport = Shooting | event = AP60, APM, FP, APMIX, APTEAMM | club = Armed Forces of Ukraine | coach = Zinovii Grinberg<br>Volodymyr Ivanchuk | olympics = | paralympics = | highestranking = | pb = | show-medals = yes | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|Men's shooting}} {{MedalCountry|{{UKR}}}} {{MedalCount | World Championships | 0 | 0 | 1 | European Championships | 3 | 3 | 4 | ISSF Grand Prix | 1 | 1 | 0 }} {{MedalCompetition|World Championships}} {{MedalBronze|2022 Cairo|{{nowrap|50 m pistol}}}} {{MedalBronze|2025 Cairo|50 m meter pistol team}} {{MedalCompetition|European Championships}} {{MedalGold| 2014 Moskow|10 m air pistol team }} {{MedalGold| 2018 Gyor|10 m air pistol team }} {{MedalGold| 2019 Bologna|50 m pistol team}} {{Medal|Gold| 2025 Châteauroux|50 m Pistol Team}} {{MedalSilver| 2017 Baku|50 m pistol team}} {{MedalSilver| 2017 Maribor|10 m air pistol team }} {{MedalSilver|2024 Győr|10 m air pistol team}} {{MedalBronze| 2013 Osijek|10 m air pistol team }} {{MedalBronze| 2019 Bologna|50 m pistol}} {{MedalBronze| 2021 Osijek|50 m pistol open event}} {{MedalBronze| 2023 Tallinn|10 m air pistol team }} {{MedalBronze|2025 Osijek|10 m air pistol team}} {{MedalBronze| 2025 Châteauroux|50 m Pistol}} }}
'''Viktor Bankin''' ({{langx|uk|Віктор Вікторович Банькін}}; born 24 August 1990 in Kyiv, Ukraine<ref>[https://dms.kyivcity.gov.ua/content/strilba-kulova.html?PrintVersion List of sportspeople in the shooting section]. Kyiv City State Administration, accessed on 22 October 2022 (in Ukrainian).</ref>) is a Ukrainian sport shooter, Master of Sports of Ukraine, World Class.
== Career == He started shooting at the age of 10, and from the age of 12 he began to participate in competitions.<ref>[https://www.issf-sports.org/athletes/athlete.ashx?personissfid=SHUKRM2408199001 International Shooting Sport Federation | Viktor BANKIN]</ref> Studied at the Kyiv City School of Higher Sports Mastery.
Since 2009, he has been serving in the Armed Forces of Ukraine, an athlete-instructor of the Central Sports Club of the AFU,<ref>[https://www.cska.com.ua/index.php/komandy-z-vydiv-sportu/komanda-maistriv-z-vydiv-strilby.html ЦСК ЗС України – Команда майстрів з видів стрільби] {{in lang|uk}}</ref><ref>[https://armyinform.com.ua/2023/11/05/armijski-sportsmeny-zdobuly-pyat-riznogo-gatunku/ Армійські спортсмени здобули п’ять медалей різного ґатунку] {{in lang|uk}}</ref> a member of the Ukrainian army shooting team.<ref>[https://www.kmu.gov.ua/news/250242625 Армійська збірна України зі стрільби завоювала "золото" на регіональних змаганнях CISM] {{in lang|uk}}</ref>
In 2010, as part of the team, he set a Ukrainian record among juniors in the 10 meter air pistol (1735 points).<ref>[http://www.shooting-ukraine.com/files/documents/doc_12-31_records_25_12_2018.pdf Федерація стрільби України | Зведена таблиця рекордів] {{in lang|uk}}</ref>
Bankin is a three-time champion of the European Championship (2014,<ref>[http://www.shooting-ukraine.com/results/?type=1&year=2014 Results of international competitions for 2014], Ukrainian Shooting Federation (in Ukrainian)</ref> 2018<ref>[http://www.shooting-ukraine.com/results/?type=1&year=2018 Results of international competitions for 2018], Ukrainian Shooting Federation (in Ukrainian)</ref> and 2019<ref>[http://www.shooting-ukraine.com/results/?type=1&year=2019 Results of international competitions for 2019], Ukrainian Shooting Federation (in Ukrainian)</ref><ref>[https://dms.kyivcity.gov.ua/news/185.html Золота нагорода на Чемпіонаті Європи зі стрільби кульової] {{in lang|uk}}</ref>).
In 2022, Viktor Bankin became World Championships bronze medalist in the 50 meters pistol event.<ref>[https://xsport.ua/ua/shooting_s/news/bankin-zavoyuvav-tretyu-medal-dlya-zbirnoyi-ukrayiny-na-chs-2022_8727850/ Банькін завоював третю медаль для Збірної України на ЧС-2022 (Viktor Bankin won third medal for Ukraine at the 2022 World Championships)], XSPORT, 18 October 2022 (in Ukrainian).</ref><ref>[https://suspilne.media/297648-viktor-bankin-prinis-ukraini-tretu-medal-cempionatu-svitu-z-kulovoi-strilbi-rezultat/ Віктор Банькін приніс Україні третю медаль чемпіонату світу з кульової стрільби: результат (Viktor Bankin clinched third medal for Ukraine at the World Shooting Championships: Result)], Suspilne, 18 October 2022 (in Ukrainian).</ref>
Member of the Ukrainian Shooting Federation and the National Shot Shooting Team of Ukraine.<ref>[http://www.shooting-ukraine.com/team Склад Національної збірної команди України на 2023 рік зі стрільби кульової] {{in lang|uk}}</ref>
== Awards == * Prize of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine for Special Achievements of Youth in the Development of Ukraine (2015).<ref>[https://www.kmu.gov.ua/npas/248358845 Розпорядження Кабінету Міністрів України №737-р від 17 липня 2015 р. «Про присудження Премії Кабінету Міністрів України за особливі досягнення молоді у розбудові України»] {{in lang|uk}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{ISSF | SHUKRM2408199001 | Viktor Bankin }} * [https://www.facebook.com/viktor.bankin.ukraine/ Official Facebook page]
{{2024 Ukraine Summer Olympic team}}
{{Portal|Ukraine|Sport}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Bankin, Viktor}} Category:Ukrainian male sport shooters Category:1990 births Category:Living people Category:Sportspeople from Kyiv Category:ISSF pistol shooters Category:21st-century Ukrainian sportsmen Category:European Games competitors for Ukraine Category:Shooters at the 2023 European Games Category:Laureates of the Prize of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine for special achievements of youth in the development of Ukraine Category:Shooters at the 2024 Summer Olympics Category:Olympic shooters for Ukraine