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