Yuriy Eduardovich Dumchev (Russian: Юрий Ðдуардович
Ð"умчев; 5 August 1958 â€" 10 February 2016) was a Russian track
and field athlete for the Soviet Union, who set the world record in
the men's discus throw on 29 May 1983 with a distance of 71.86 metres.
He was born in Rossosh. That mark, surpassed by current record-holder
Jürgen Schult in July 1986, is still the world record. A 1980
Olympian, Dumchev also represented the Soviet Union at the 1988 Summer
Olympics in Seoul, South Korea, finishing in fourth place (66.42
m).Since 1979, he acted in films (more than 50 films).Dumchev died in
Adler, Sochi on 10 February 2016, aged 57. Khottabych
Ð"умчев; 5 August 1958 â€" 10 February 2016) was a Russian track
and field athlete for the Soviet Union, who set the world record in
the men's discus throw on 29 May 1983 with a distance of 71.86 metres.
He was born in Rossosh. That mark, surpassed by current record-holder
Jürgen Schult in July 1986, is still the world record. A 1980
Olympian, Dumchev also represented the Soviet Union at the 1988 Summer
Olympics in Seoul, South Korea, finishing in fourth place (66.42
m).Since 1979, he acted in films (more than 50 films).Dumchev died in
Adler, Sochi on 10 February 2016, aged 57. Khottabych
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