Aleksandr Butko

{{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

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| caption =

| nationality = Belarusian
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
2003–2004
2004–2006
2006–2007
2007–2009
2009–2016
2016–2021
2021–2022
2023
2023–

| teams = Kommunalnik Grodno
Dynamo Moscow
Lutch Moscow
Lokomotiv Novosibirsk
Iskra Odintsovo
Lokomotiv Novosibirsk
Zenit Kazan
Kuzbass Kemerovo
Zenit Kazan
Ural Ufa

| nationalyears = 2003
2005–2019

| nationalteam = Belarus
Russia

| medaltemplates =

{{MedalCountry|{{RUS}}}}

{{MedalSport|Men's volleyball}}

{{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}}

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{{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.[http://www.cev.lu/Competition-Area/PlayerDetails.aspx?TeamID=9780&PlayerID=15581&ID=840 CEV profile]

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.{{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}}