Yuri Kudinov, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Yuri Kudinov

Russian swimmer

Date of Birth: 27-Feb-1979

Place of Birth: Volgograd, Volgograd Oblast, Russia

Profession: swimmer

Nationality: Russia, Kazakhstan

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Yuri (Yury) Kudinov (Russian: ???? ???????; 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 6 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).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 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.