Yevgen Sotnikov

Yevgen Sotnikov
Personal information
Born20 November 1980
Died6 August 2021 (2021-08-07) (aged 40)
OccupationJudoka
Sport
CountryUkraine
SportJudo
Weight class+100 kg
Achievements and titles
Olympic GamesR32 (2008)
World Champ.Bronze (2003)
European Champ.Silver (2006)
Medal record
Men's judo
Representing  Ukraine
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2003 Osaka +100 kg
European Championships
Silver medal – second place 2006 Novi Sad Open
Bronze medal – third place 2008 Lisbon +100 kg
Profile at external databases
IJF52704
JudoInside.com11241
Updated on 16 November 2022

Yevgen Sotnikov (Ukrainian: Євген Сотников; 20 November 1980 – 6 August 2021)[1] was a Ukrainian judoka.

Sotnikov competed at the 2008 Olympic Games, where he was knocked out after one match.[2]

Sotnikov was sentenced to 15 years for murder in 2009 for shooting an 18-year-old in the head for refusing to drink alcohol with him.[3][4]

Sotnikov was killed on 6 August 2021, alongside two other prisoners, while serving his jail term. He was aged 40.[3][5] According to Trilateral Contact Group member Haide Rizayeva Sotnikov was killed in a penal colony of the self-proclaimed Ukrainian breakaway state Donetsk People's Republic.[3]

Achievements

Year Tournament Place Weight class
2008 European Championships 3rd Heavyweight (+100 kg)
2007 European Judo Championships 7th Heavyweight (+100 kg)
2006 European Judo Championships 5th Heavyweight (+100 kg)
European Open Championships 2nd Open class
2003 World Judo Championships 3rd Heavyweight (+100 kg)

References

  1. ^ В колонии «ДНР» убили чемпиона — дзюдоиста из Запорожья, который застрелил 18-летнего подростка (in Russian)
  2. ^ Olympedia
  3. ^ a b c Three convicted Ukrainian citizens killed in penal colony in ‘DPR’, Ukrinform (9 August 2021)
  4. ^ "Спортсмен-убийца Евгений Сотников выйдет на свободу уже через 15 лет". vgorode.ua. 15 April 2011. Archived from the original on 15 June 2018. Retrieved 10 March 2016.
  5. ^ В колонии «ДНР» убили чемпиона — дзюдоиста из Запорожья, который застрелил 18-летнего подростка (in Russian)


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