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Cuban volleyball player

Luis Tomas Sosa Sierra
Personal information
Full nameLuis Tomas Sosa Sierra
Born (1995-05-18) 18 May 1995 (age 29)
Havana, Cuba
Height1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
Weight76 kg (168 lb)
Spike345 cm (136 in)
Block320 cm (126 in)
Volleyball information
PositionOutside hitter
Number16 (national team)
Career
YearsTeams
2015La Habana
National team
2015–2016 Cuba

Luis Tomas Sosa Sierra (born (1995-05-18)18 May 1995), also known as Luis Sosa, is a Cuban volleyball player. He played for the Cuban men's national volleyball team. On club level he played for La Habana.

Acquittal by Finnish government

Sosa did not play in the Rio Olympics in 2016 for being one of the six players of the Cuban national volleyball team that were remanded into custody suspected of committing aggravated rape in July 2016 in Tampere, Finland. In September 2016, he was sentenced to three years and six months in prison. The Turku Court of Appeal overturned the decision in June 2017 due to lack of compelling evidence in his case, leading to Sosa's release. He was compensated 200,000 euros by the Finnish government for his time spent in prison.

References

  1. "Team Composition". International Volleyball Federation. Archived from the original on 30 October 2023. Retrieved 9 January 2016.
  2. ^ "Finland rape case: Cuban volleyball players' jail terms cut". BBC. 30 June 2017. Archived from the original on 24 October 2022. Retrieved 1 October 2024.
  3. "Cuban volleyball players charged with aggravated rape". Yle. 16 August 2016. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
  4. "Five Cuban volleyball players convicted of Tampere rape, one acquitted". Yle. 20 September 2016. Retrieved 20 September 2016.
  5. ^ "Finnish court acquits Cuban volleyball player jailed for aggravated rape". Reuters. 30 June 2017. Archived from the original on 27 May 2018. Retrieved 14 October 2023.
  6. Riihentupa, Timo (14 September 2018). "Suomalaisnaisen joukkoraiskaus kuvattiin – asiakirjat paljastavat, mitä tamperelaisessa hotellihuoneessa tapahtui yön tunteina" [Finnish woman's gang rape was filmed — documents reveal what happened that night in the Tampere hotel]. Ilta-Sanomat (in Finnish). Archived from the original on 14 September 2018. Retrieved 21 September 2024.

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