Viktor Mikhaylovich Burayev (Russian: Виктор Михайлович Бураев; born 23 August 1982, in Penza) is a male race walker from Russia. On August 5, 2008, Burayev and training partners Sergey Morozov, Aleksey Voyevodin, and Vladimir Kanaykin, all coached by Viktor Chegin, were banned from competition, following a positive EPO test. The positive tests were conducted in April 2008.^[1] and evidenced systematic doping.