Sergey Pesteryev Explained

Sergey Petrovich Pesteryev
Birth Date:12 January 1888
Birth Place:Kharkov, Russian Empire (now Kharkiv, Ukraine)

Sergey Petrovich Pesteryev (Russian: Сергей Петрович Пестерев; 12 January 1888  - 2 May 1942) was a Russian Empire 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.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Sergey Pesterev . Olympedia . 8 May 2021.
  2. Web site: Sergey Pesteryev Olympic Results . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417215406/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/pe/sergey-pesteryev-1.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 13 May 2013 . sports-reference.com.
  3. Web site: Взгляд в историю. Глава 2. С.К.Л.С. – Севастопольский Кружок любителей Спорта . 11 January 2021 . fcsevastopol.ru . Russian.