Artem Anatolevich Klimenko (Russian: Артём Анатольевич Клименко; born January 10, 1994) is a Ukrainian professional basketball player for Avtodor Saratov of the VTB United League.
[citation needed] In March 2014, Klimenko announced his intentions to enter the 2014 NBA draft.
[1] In May 2014, Avtodor added a buy-out clause to his contract, and he later travelled to the United States to attend various NBA workouts.
In the 2015–16 season, Klimenko won the VTB United League Young Player of the Year award.
[3] Early December 2016, Klimenko signed a contract with the Russian team UNICS Kazan until the end of the 2016-2017 season.