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Yevgeny Yuryevich Drattsev (also Evgeny Drattsev Russian: Евгений Юрьевич Дратцев; born January 24 1983 in Yaroslavl) is a Russian swimmer who specialized in open water marathon.He is considered one of the fastest professional open water swimmers in the world finishing near the top of FINA World Cup races for the 10 km marathon. He also won two medals (silver and bronze) for the 5 and 10 km open water marathon at the 2007 FINA World Championships in Melbourne Australia.