Fyodor Borisov

Representing the Moscow Circle of Amateur Skaters and Cyclists, Borisov won the 1911 Central Russian championship. In 1912, he competed in the road time trial at the 1912 Olympic Games in Stockholm. During the race, he was seriously injured and had to abandon the race between Bålsta and Järva, less than 40 km from the finish line. The Russian team was not counted for the team event, as only one member finished the race. He took part in the First All-Russian Olympics in Kyiv in 1913 and in the following year in the Moscow-St. Petersburg relay race. In 1914, he finished second in the 250 verst (267 km) race at the Second All-Russian Olympiad in Rīgā.

During World War I, Borisov served in the Imperial Russian Army and continued to compete after the October Revolution, by then focusing on motorcycling. In 1922, he became chairman of the Moscow Society of Motorcyclists and Cyclists. He was then involved in the founding of the newspaper Sovetsky Sport, where he wrote about automobile and motorcycle racing. Borisov promoted cycling and motorsports in the Soviet Union, and also advocated for women’s participation in motorsports. He also wrote books about cycling and later about motorsports in the Soviet Union and was head of the cycling department of the Russian University of Sports (GTSOLIFK). In 1943, Borisov was appointed an Honoured Master of Sports of the USSR.