Aleksandr Appolonovich Alenitsyn (, 29 November 1884 – 5 October 1922) was a Russian
tennis
Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball ...
player. He competed in the
men's outdoor doubles event at the
1912 Summer Olympics
The 1912 Summer Olympics ( sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1912), officially known as the Games of the V Olympiad ( sv, Den V olympiadens spel) and commonly known as Stockholm 1912, were an international multi-sport event held in Stockholm, Sweden, be ...
.
He committed suicide in prison in 1922 after being arrested and tortured by
Soviet
The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, ...
authorities for "having contacts with other countries".
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1884 births
1922 suicides
Russian male tennis players
Olympic tennis players of Russia
Tennis players at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Tennis players from Moscow
Russian people who died in prison custody
Prisoners who died in Soviet detention
Suicides in Moscow
People who committed suicide in prison custody
Russian torture victims
Suicides in the Soviet Union
1922 deaths
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