Yury_Sokolov_(judoka)

Yury Sokolov (judoka)

Yury Sokolov (judoka)

Russian judoka (1961-1990)

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]

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  1. [1]
    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.
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    Chesalin, Mikhail (14 July 2017). "Золото, позор и кровь. Почему чемпиона мира убили в бандитской разборке" (in Russian). Retrieved 10 January 2024.


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