Yuriy Dumchev
Acting·August 5, 1958·† February 10, 2016 — 57 years old·Voronezh, Voronezhskaya oblast, RSFSR, USSR, [now Russia]
Yuriy Eduardovich Dumchev (Russian: Юрий Эдуардович Думчев; 5 August 1958 – 10 February 2016) 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 current record-holder 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 (66.42 m).
Since 1979, he acted in films (more than 50 films).
Dumchev died in Adler, Sochi on 10 February 2016, aged 57
Known For
Filmography · 25
2014Hard to Be a GodRohe Keu2007Moscow ChillCarp2006KhottabychAleksandr2004Посылка с МарсаГена, охранник2004Jacked$'Gorilla'2003Mail Order Bridedriver2003BarbarianDark Prince2003Russians in the City of AngelsTVWarehouseman2002Shoemaker2002House of FoolsKvas2002Red Serpent2002Antikiller2002I Am A DummyКабанюк2001Down Houseдантист2000Old Hags2000Chinese Tea-Set1998I Want To Go To PrisonЗдоровый1993A Silhouette in the Window Across the Street1993Горячев и другиеTVЖора - телохранитель1991Tanks Are Running on Tagankafat man in a diner, "racketeer"1991Funeral on the Second FloorCircassian bodyguard1991House Under the Starry Skiesспортсмен1987Accelerate(uncredited)1987A Man from the Boulevard des Capucines1980Faster Than Own Shadow