Youri Lavoine

Finish on the Japanese mainland after an 11 hour 31 minute Sado Island channel crossing

Youri Lavoine is an open water swimmer from France.

Open Water Swimming Highlights

participated in a successful Sado Island channel crossing from Sado Island to Niigata Prefecture on Honshu, Japan on 30 May 2018, finishing in 11 hours 31 minutes 21 seconds together with Hiroko Ashikawa, Chie Hitomi, Yuichi Nakagawa, Takayuki Tsutsui, Takeshi Yoshida, Soda Ken, Keiko Sasaki, and Hiroyuki Matsuura with team leader Masayuki Moriya after starting on Sado Island in the Sea of Japan and heading across currents to the western shores of Honshu on the Japanese mainland.
together with Aleisha Riboldi (Australia) and Lisa Batey (USA), Lavoine completed a 3-person relay across the Tsugaru Channel from Honshu to Hokkaido in northern Japan in 18 hours 29 minutes 32 seconds on 20 July 2018.