Yevgen Sotnikov

{{Short description|Ukrainian judoka (1980–2021)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}}

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| country = Ukraine

| weight_class = +100 kg

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| olympics_rank = R32

| olympics_year = 2008

| olympics_weight = Men's +100 kg

| worlds_rank = 3

| worlds_year = 2003

| worlds_weight = Men's +100 kg

| regionals_type = EU

| regionals_rank = 2

| regionals_year = 2006

| regionals_weight = Men's Open

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{{Medal|Sport| Men's judo }}

{{Medal|Country| {{UKR}} }}

{{Medal|Competition| World Championships }}

{{Medal|B| 2003 Osaka | +100 kg }}

{{Medal|Competition| European Championships }}

{{Medal|S| 2006 Novi Sad | Open }}

{{Medal|B| 2008 Lisbon | +100 kg }}

| updated = 16 November 2022

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Yevgen Sotnikov ({{langx|uk|Євген Сотников}}; 20 November 1980 – 6 August 2021)[https://kriminal.tv/news/v_kolonii_dnr_ubili_chempiona_dzjudoista_iz_zaporozhja_kotoryj_zastrelil_18_letnego_podrostka.html В колонии «ДНР» убили чемпиона — дзюдоиста из Запорожья, который застрелил 18-летнего подростка] {{in lang|ru}} was a Ukrainian judoka. Sotnikov competed at the 2008 Olympic Games, where he was knocked out after one match.[https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/112805 Olympedia]

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.{{cite web|author= |title=Спортсмен-убийца Евгений Сотников выйдет на свободу уже через 15 лет |url=https://zp.vgorode.ua/news/5/51728/ |publisher= vgorode.ua |date=15 April 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180615214732/https://zp.vgorode.ua/news/5/51728/ |accessdate=10 March 2016|archive-date=15 June 2018 }}

Sotnikov was killed on 6 August 2021, alongside two other prisoners, while serving his jail term. He was aged 40.[https://kriminal.tv/news/v_kolonii_dnr_ubili_chempiona_dzjudoista_iz_zaporozhja_kotoryj_zastrelil_18_letnego_podrostka.html В колонии «ДНР» убили чемпиона — дзюдоиста из Запорожья, который застрелил 18-летнего подростка] {{in lang|ru}} 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.{{Cite web |date=2021-08-09 |title=Three convicted Ukrainian citizens killed in penal colony in ‘DPR’ |url=https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-crime/3294642-three-convicted-ukrainian-citizens-killed-in-penal-colony-in-dpr.html |access-date=2025-04-14 |website=www.ukrinform.net |language=en}}