Yevgen Sotnikov ( uk, Євген Сотников; 20 November 1980 – 6 August 2021) was a Ukrainian
judoka
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He competed at the
2008 Olympic Games
The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Na ...
, but was knocked out after one match.
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.
Sotnikov was killed on 6 August 2021, alongside two other prisoners, while serving his jail term. He was aged 40.
According to Trilateral Contact Group member Haide Rizayeva Sotnikov was killed in a penal colony
A penal colony or exile colony is a settlement used to exile prisoners and separate them from the general population by placing them in a remote location, often an island or distant colonial territory. Although the term can be used to refer to ...
of the self-proclaimed Ukrainian breakaway state Donetsk People's Republic
The Donetsk People's Republic ( rus, Донецкая Народная Республика, Donetskaya Narodnaya Respublika, dɐˈnʲetskəjə nɐˈrodnəjə rʲɪˈspublʲɪkə; abbreviated as DPR or DNR, rus, ДНР) is a Territorial ...
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Ukrinform
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(9 August 2021)
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1980 births
2021 deaths
Sportspeople from Zaporizhzhia
Ukrainian male judoka
Olympic judoka for Ukraine
Judoka at the 2008 Summer Olympics
People convicted of murder by Ukraine
Ukrainian people convicted of murder
People murdered in Ukraine
Ukrainian people who died in prison custody
Prisoners murdered in custody
Prisoners who died in Ukrainian detention
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