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| Full name | Yury Alekseyevich Sokolov | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 23 February 1961 Leningrad, Soviet Union | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 14 March 1990 (aged 29) Leningrad, Soviet Union | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Judoka | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Soviet Union | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Judo | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight class | –65 kg | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Olympic Games | R64 (1988) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Champ. | 
(1985) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| European Champ. | 
(1986) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| IJF | 53824 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| JudoInside.com | 5894 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Updated on 21 November 2023. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Yury Alekseyevich Sokolov (Russian: Юрий Алексеевич Соколов, 23 February 1961 – 14 March 1990) was a Soviet judoka. He competed in the men's half-lightweight event at the 1988 Summer Olympics.[1] A criminal associate of the Tambovskaya Bratva gang during the final years of the Soviet Union, Sokolov was murdered in his apartment in 1990.[2]
References
- ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Yury Sokolov". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016. Retrieved 24 May 2018.
- ↑ Chesalin, Mikhail (14 July 2017). "Золото, позор и кровь. Почему чемпиона мира убили в бандитской разборке" (in Russian). Retrieved 10 January 2024.
External links
- Yuri Sokolov at the International Judo Federation
- Yuri Sokolov at JudoInside.com
- Yuri Sokolov at AllJudo.net (in French)
- Yuri Sokolov at Olympics.com
- Yuri Sokolov at Olympedia
- Yury Sokolov at The-Sports.org
World Judo Championships — Men's Half Lightweight | |
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1979–97: −65 kg • 1999–present: −66 kg | |
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