Yuriy Dumchev

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Yuriy Dumchev (born 5 August 1958) is a retired track and field athlete from the Soviet Union, who set the world record in the men's discus throw on May 29, 1983 with a distance of 71.86 metres. That mark still is 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 (66.42 metres).

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Records
Preceded by
Flag of the German Democratic Republic Wolfgang Schmidt
Men's Discus World and European Record Holder
May 29, 1983June 6, 1986
Succeeded by
Flag of the German Democratic Republic Jürgen Schult