The Master of Sports Serhii Kolokolov died in the war with the Russian occupier on April 17 at the age of 38.
Serhii Kolokolov did weightlifting with his children in Volnovakha. The man came to Volnovakha from occupied Donetsk in 2014. In 2018 he opened a sports section. He was a coach-teacher of Donetsk Regional Specialized Children and Youth’s Sports School of the Olympic reserve in weightlifting. Among his pupils are champions of the region and Ukraine, as well as candidates for masters of sports of Ukraine.
With the beginning of the war unleashed by the Russian aggressor, he took up arms for the bright and peaceful future of Donetsk and Ukraine. While performing a combat mission, he was injured, which turned out to be incompatible with life…
He died on April 17 in Mechnikov hospital. He was buried at the Krasnopillia Cemetery of the Dnipro.