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Yuriy Dumchev

Acting

Born August 5, 1958 · Voronezh, Voronezhskaya oblast, RSFSR, USSR, [now Russia]

Died February 10, 2016

Also known as Yury Dumchev · Yuriy Dumchev · Yu. Dumchev

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Biography

Yuriy Eduardovich Dumchev 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 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.

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Awards & recognition

  • Honoured Master of Sports of the USSR

Filmography4 titles

Hard to Be a God

2013as Rohe Keu

House of Fools

2002as Kvas

Mail Order Bride

2003as driver

Red Serpent

2002