Yuri Eduardowitsch Dumchev
Juri Eduardowitsch Dumtschew ( Russian Юрий Эдуардович Думчев , English transcription Yuriy Dumchev ; born August 5, 1958 in Rossosh , Russian SFSR , Soviet Union ; † February 10, 2016 ) was a Soviet discus thrower and actor .
At the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow, Dumchev was fifth in the discus throw . On May 29, 1983, he improved the world record in Moscow by 70 cm to 71.86 m. With this width, Dumchev is fourth in the all-time world rankings (as of February 2016).
At the World Athletics Championships in Helsinki in 1983 , he was eliminated in qualification. The following year he won the Friendship Competitions , which were held as a counter-event to the Olympic Games in Los Angeles . In 1988 he finished fourth at the Olympic Games in Seoul .
In 1980, 1981 and 1988 he became Soviet champion.
Yuri Dumchev was 2.00 m tall and weighed 125 kg. After having had a small role in a film in 1979, he has appeared regularly as a film actor since the mid-1980s .
Web links
- Official website ( Memento from August 25, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) (Russian / English)
- Yuri Dumtschew in the database of World Athletics (English)
- Yuri Dumchev in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
- Yuri Dumtschew in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Многократный чемпион и рекордсмен СССР легкоатлет Юрий Думчев скончался на 58-м году жизни
- ^ Gbrathletics: Soviet Championships
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Dumchev, Yuri Eduardowitsch |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Dumchev, Yuriy; Думчев, Юрий Эдуардович (Russian) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Soviet discus thrower and actor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 5th August 1958 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Rossosh , Russian SFSR |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 10, 2016 |