Yuri Kudinov

Yuri (Yury) Kudinov (Russian: Юрий Кудинов) (born 27 February 1979 in Volgograd) 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 Stoychev's 6 h 57 min set on the same day (24 August 2007).
Earlier in the year (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 5 h 16 min 45 s, with Stoychev 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.