Yuriy Dumchev

Yuriy Eduardovich Dumchev Russian Юрий Эдуардович Думчев 5 August 1958 10 February 2016 was a Russian track and field athlete for the Soviet Union who set the world record in the mens discus throw on 29 May 1983 with a distance of 7186 metres He was born in Rossosh That mark surpassed by current recordholder Jürgen Schult in July 1986 is still the Russian record A 1980 Olympian Dumchev also represented the Soviet Union at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul South Korea finishing in fourth place 6642 m Since 1979 he acted in films more than 50 films Dumchev died in Adler Sochi on 10 February 2016 aged 57 From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia