Yury Sokolov (judoka)
Russian judoka (1961-1990)
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Full name | Yury Alekseyevich Sokolov | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1961-02-23)23 February 1961 Leningrad, Soviet Union | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 14 March 1990(1990-03-14) (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) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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IJF | 53824 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
JudoInside.com | 5894 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Updated on 21 November 2023 |
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
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World Judo Championships — Men's Half Lightweight
1979–97: −65 kg • 1999–present: −66 kg
- 1979:
Nikolay Solodukhin
- 1981:
Katsuhiko Kashiwazaki
- 1983:
Nikolay Solodukhin
- 1985:
Yury Sokolov
- 1987:
Yōsuke Yamamoto
- 1989:
Dragomir Bečanović
- 1991:
Udo Quellmalz
- 1993:
Yukimasa Nakamura
- 1995:
Udo Quellmalz
- 1997:
Kim Hyuk
- 1999:
Larbi Benboudaoud
- 2001:
Arash Miresmaeili
- 2003:
Arash Miresmaeili
- 2005:
João Derly
- 2007:
João Derly
- 2009:
Khashbaataryn Tsagaanbaatar
- 2010:
Junpei Morishita
- 2011:
Masashi Ebinuma
- 2013:
Masashi Ebinuma
- 2014:
Masashi Ebinuma
- 2015:
An Ba-ul
- 2017:
Hifumi Abe
- 2018:
Hifumi Abe
- 2019:
Joshiro Maruyama
- 2021:
Joshiro Maruyama
- 2022:
Hifumi Abe
- 2023:
Hifumi Abe
- 2024:
Ryoma Tanaka
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