Yuri Kudinov

Who is Yuri Kudinov?

Yuri Kudinov is a long distance swimmer from Russia.

In 2007 he narrowly missed the world record for the fastest swim across the English Channel when he was beaten by Petar Stoychev. His time of 7 h 06 min remains one of the fastest swims ever recorded, but was not enough to beat Petar's 6 h 57 min set on the same day.

Earlier in the year, Yuri beat Petar in the 25 km at the Open Water World Championships, a race which he won in a time of 5 h 16 min 45 s, with Petar coming in 6th with a time of 5 h 22 min 55 s.

He swam for the Kazakhstan National Team at the 2012 Summer Olympics.