Career
He is the father of three time 2013, 2014 and 2015 World All-Around Rhythmic Gymnastics Gold Medalists Yana Kudryavtseva. Kudryavtsev is best known for winning the gold medal in the Men"s 4x200m Freestyle event at the 1992 Summer Olympics at Barcelona, alongside Vladimir Pyshnenko, Dmitry Lepikov, Veniamin Tayanovich, Yury Mukhin (heats) and Yevgeny Sadovyi. He just swam in the preliminary heats.