Aleksey Akatyev Pulling Double Duty Back In The Day Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Back in the day, Russian open water swimmer/coach Aleksey Akatyev (also spelled as Alexei Akatiev in English) literally did it all. A member of the Class of 2010 of the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame, Akatyev was not only the first Russian