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

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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 {{Russia-tennis-bio-stub