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 29 May 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 m).

Achievements

Representing Soviet Union
1988	Olympic Games	Seoul, South Korea	4th	Discus	66.42 m

References

Official website
Yuriy Dumchev profile at IAAF

Records
Preceded by Wolfgang Schmidt	Men's Discus World and European Record Holder 29 May 1983 – 6 June 1986	Succeeded by Jürgen Schult

Persondata
Name	Dumchev, Yuriy
Alternative names
Short description	Athletics (sport) competitor
Date of birth	5 August 1958
Place of birth
Date of death
Place of death

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