Viktor Ruban
 Ruban at the 2012 Olympics |
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| Men's Archery | ||
Representing  Ukraine
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| Olympic Games | ||
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Beijing 2008 | Individual |
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Athens 2004 | Team |
| World Archery Championships | ||
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Ulsan 2009 | Individual |
| World Cup Final | ||
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2008 Lausanne | Individual |
| World Indoor Championships | ||
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Nimes 2014 | Team |
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Nimes 2014 | Individual |
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Las Vegas 2012 | Team |
| European Archery Championships | ||
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Amsterdam 2012 | Team |
Viktor Ruban (born 24 May 1981 in Kharkiv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union) is an Olympic gold medal winning former world number one Ukrainian archer.
Ruban competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in men's individual archery. He won his first match, advancing to the round of 32; he also won his second match, advancing to the round of 16. In the third match, he lost to Laurence Godfrey of Great Britain. Ruban placed 13th overall. Ruban was also a member of the bronze medal Ukrainian men's archery team at the 2004 Summer Olympics.
At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing Ruban finished his ranking round with a total of 678 points, just one point behind Juan René Serrano and equal with Mangal Singh Champia. This gave him the third seed for the final competition bracket in which he faced Maged Youssef in the first round, beating the Egyptian 111-96. In the second round Ruban was too strong for Michael Naray (115-105) and via Jacek Proć (114-108) in the third round he advanced to the quarter finals. There he had no problem beating Moriya Ryuichi 115-106. In the semi final he and his opponent Bair Badënov both came to 112 points and an extra round was needed. Here Ruban scored 20 points and Badënov 18, which brought Ruban into the final. In the final he claimed the gold by beating Park Kyung-Mo by 113-112.
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