Aleksey Akatyev [SEP] country of citizenship
Aleksey Akatyev
Aleksey Akatyev (born 7 August 1974) is a retired male freestyle swimmer from Russia, who competed for his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. Later on he started a career in open water swimming, winning several medals in international tournaments. he went to won Open water swimming in 5 km and 25 km in 1998 World Aquatics Championships
(GER) who was second in Monday's 5 km race, easily outpaced Irina Abysova (RUS) for the women's 10 km event. Bezruchenko and Abysova are both coached by three time world champion Aleksey Akatyev.
Twenty seven minutes after fireworks signaled the start of the men's 10 km race, a close knit pack of five lead swimmers were navigating around buoy number three, the farthest distance from the start line, and beginning their return of the first lap of the course. Their course was