Sergey Pesteryev

Sergey Petrovich Pesteryev (Russian: Сергей Петрович Пестерев; 12 January 1888 – 2 May 1942) was a Russian cyclist. He competed in two events at the 1912 Summer Olympics.[1] He was arrested by Soviet authorities and sentenced to five years in a labor camp in April 1940; he died in prison two years later.[2] Pesteryev was posthumously rehabilitated in 1999.[2]

Sergey Petrovich Pesteryev
Personal information
Born(1888-01-12)12 January 1888
Kharkov, Russian Empire (now Kharkiv, Ukraine)
Died2 May 1942(1942-05-02) (aged 54)

References
  1. "Sergey Pesteryev Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 13 May 2013.
  2. "Взгляд в историю. Глава 2. С.К.Л.С. – Севастопольский Кружок любителей Спорта". fcsevastopol.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 11 January 2021.
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