- Viktor Ruban
Viktor Ruban (born 24 May 1981 in
Kharkov ,Soviet Union ) is an athlete fromUkraine , who competes inarchery .2004 Summer Olympics
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 thebronze medal Ukrainian men's archery team at the 2004 Summer Olympics.2008 Summer Olympics
At the
2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing Ruban finished his ranking round with a total of 678 points, just one point behindJuan René Serrano and equal withMangal Singh Champia . This gave him the third seed for the final competition bracket in which he facedMaged Youssef in the first round, beating theEgypt ian 111-96. In the second round Ruban was too strong forMichael Naray (115-105) and viaJacek Proć (114-108) in the third round he advanced to the quarter finals. There he had no problem beatingMoriya Ryuichi 115-106. In the semi final he and his opponentBair 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 beatingPark Kyung-Mo by 113-112. [http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/BIO/Athlete/7/201247.shtml Athlete biography: Viktor Ruban] , beijing2008.cn, ret: Aug, 17 2008]Together with
Markiyan Ivashko andOleksandr Serdyuk he also took part in the team event. With the highest score from the ranking round combined with the 676 of Serdyuk and the 658 of Ivashko the Ukraine were in second position after the ranking round, which gave them a straigh seed into the quarter finals. With 214-211 they were too strong for theChinese Taipei team, but in the semi final they were eliminated by Italy 223-221. In the challenge for the bronze medal China was too strong with 222-219.External links
* [http://athens2004.com/en/menArchery/results?rsc=ARM070400&eventFrag=ARM070000_C74A Official results for Archery at the 2004 Summer Olympics]
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