Dino Butković made his international debut in 2008 in Obertilliach as part of a sprint of the IBU Cup and was 165 there. In the further course of the season he came 57th of a sprint in the top 100 for the first time. In his best result in 2011 in Bansko , he missed as 42. in a sprint for two places the points. The first major event was the 2011 European Biathlon Championships in Ridnaun , where he was 59th of the individual in the junior races. He did not finish the sprint race. At the Biathlon Junior World Championships in 2011 in Nové Město na Moravě he was 69th and just qualified for the pursuit race, in which he did not finish as a lapped runner. This was followed by the Biathlon World Championships 2011 in Khanty-Mansiysk , where Butković finished 117th in the individual and 122nd in the sprint. In the further course of the season Butković started in Nové Město also in the junior races of the Summer Biathlon World Championships 2011 and finished 45th in the sprint. In the pursuit race, he did not finish as a lapped runner. In 2012 he took part in the World Championships again in Ruhpolding and was lapped 134th in the individual, 136th in the sprint and with the Croatian relay. In Hochfilzen , Butković made his debut in the Biathlon World Cup in 2012 and achieved his best result in the highest racing series in biathlon in a sprint with 98th place. The 2013 Biathlon Junior World Championships in Obertilliach were successful . He missed top positions in the sprint as 44th as well as 30th in the pursuit. In the individual, he won the silver medal behind Alexander Loginow and thus achieved one of the best placements of a Croatian biathlete.
Biathlon World Cup placements
The table shows all placements (depending on the year, including the Olympic Games and World Championships).
1st - 3rd Place: Number of podium placements
Top 10: Number of placements in the top ten (including podium)
Points ranks: Number of placements within the point ranks (including podium and top 10)
Starts: Number of races run in the respective discipline
Croatia
