Yuri (Yury) Kudinov (russian: Юрий Кудинов; born 27 February 1979, in

Volgograd Volgograd ( rus, Волгогра́д, a=ru-Volgograd.ogg, p=vəɫɡɐˈɡrat), formerly Tsaritsyn (russian: Цари́цын, Tsarítsyn, label=none; ) (1589–1925), and Stalingrad (russian: Сталингра́д, Stalingrád, label=none; ) ...

) is a long-distance swimmer from

Russia Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. It is the largest country in the world, with its internationally recognised territory covering , and encompassing one-eig ...

. In 2007 he narrowly missed the world record for the fastest swim across the

English Channel The English Channel, "The Sleeve"; nrf, la Maunche, "The Sleeve" (Cotentinais) or ( Jèrriais), (Guernésiais), "The Channel"; br, Mor Breizh, "Sea of Brittany"; cy, Môr Udd, "Lord's Sea"; kw, Mor Bretannek, "British Sea"; nl, Het Kana ...

when he was beaten by

Petar Stoychev Petar Stoychev ( bg, Петър Стойчев; born 24 October 1976 in Momchilgrad) is a Bulgarian swimmer who is one of the most successful long distance marathon swimmers in history. He is one of the greatest marathon swimmers of all time an ...

. His time of remains one of the fastest swims ever recorded, but was not enough to beat Stoychev's set on the same day (24 August 2007). On 25 March 2007, Kudinov beat Stoychev in the 25 km at the Open Water World Championships, a race which he won in a time of , with Stoychev coming in 6th with a time of . He swam for the Kazakhstan National Team at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Kudinov, Yuri 1979 births Living people Male long-distance swimmers Russian male long-distance swimmers English Channel swimmers Kazakhstani male long-distance swimmers Russian expatriate sportspeople in Kazakhstan Olympic swimmers for Kazakhstan Swimmers at the 2012 Summer Olympics World Aquatics Championships medalists in open water swimming Sportspeople from Volgograd 20th-century Russian people 21st-century Russian people

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