Sergey Petrovich Pesteryev (Russian: Сергей Петрович Пестерев; 12 January 1888 – 2 May 1942) was a Russian cyclist.[1] He competed in two events at the 1912 Summer Olympics.[2] 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.[3] Pesteryev was posthumously rehabilitated in 1999.[3]

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)

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  1. ^ "Sergey Pesterev". Olympedia. Retrieved 8 May 2021.
  2. ^ "Sergey Pesteryev Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 13 May 2013.
  3. ^ a b "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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