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

Aleksey Akatyev

Aleksey Akatyev in February 2017
Personal information
Full name	Алексей Акатьев
Nationality	Russia
Born	(1974-08-07) 7 August 1974 (age 50)
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	68 kg (150 lb)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Freestyle
Club	Central Sport Klub Army, Moscow
Medal record Men's swimming Representing  Russia World Championships 1998 Perth 5 km open water 1998 Perth 25 km open water 1998 Perth 5 km open water team 1994 Rome 25 km open water World Open Water Championships 2000 Honolulu 5 km open water team 2000 Honolulu 25 km open water European Championships 1995 Vienna 5 km open water 1997 Seville 25 km open water 1997 Seville 5 km open water 1999 Istanbul 25 km open water 1995 Vienna 25 km open water 1999 Istanbul 5 km open water

References

• Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Aleksey Akatyev". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17.

External links

• Aleksey Akatyev at World Aquatics
• Aleksey Akatyev at Olympics.com
• Aleksey Akatyev at Olympedia