Yuriy Eduardovich Dumchev (; 5 August 1958 – 10 February 2016) was a Russian

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athlete for the

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, who set the

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in the men's

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on 29 May 1983 with a distance of 71.86 metres. He was born in Rossosh. That mark, surpassed by Jürgen Schult in July 1986, is still the Russian record. A 1980 Olympian, Dumchev also represented the Soviet Union at the

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, South Korea, finishing in fourth place (66.42 m). Since 1979, he acted in films (more than 50 films). Dumchev died in Adler,

Sochi Sochi ( rus, Сочи, p=ˈsotɕɪ, a=Ru-Сочи.ogg, from – ''seaside'') is the largest Resort town, resort city in Russia. The city is situated on the Sochi (river), Sochi River, along the Black Sea in the North Caucasus of Souther ...

on 10 February 2016, aged 57.Многократный чемпион и рекордсмен СССР легкоатлет Юрий Думчев скончался на 58-м году жизни
// ТАСС, 10 февраля 2016

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* * * 1958 births 2016 deaths People from Rossoshansky District Soviet male discus throwers Russian male discus throwers Olympic athletes for the Soviet Union Athletes (track and field) at the 1980 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics World Athletics Championships athletes for the Soviet Union Honoured Masters of Sport of the USSR Soviet male actors Russian male actors Burials in Troyekurovskoye Cemetery Friendship Games medalists in athletics Sportspeople from Voronezh Oblast Soviet Athletics Championships winners 20th-century Russian sportsmen {{Russia-discusthrow-athletics-bio-stub