Aleksandr Averin (cyclist)

Aleksandr Dmitriyevich Averin (Russian: Алекса́ндр Дми́триевич Аве́рин; born 11 April 1954) is a retired Soviet cyclist.

He competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics in the road race and finished in 17th place.

[1] He won the multistage Peace Race individually in 1978 and with the Soviet team in 1977–1979.

[2] He retired from competitions in 1983 and moved to Odesa, Ukraine, where he worked as a cycling coach.

His son Maksym is a competitive cyclist who lives in Italy.