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Yuriy Dumchev

Biography

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

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Known For

Barbarian
Barbarian
Khottabych
Khottabych
Red Serpent
Red Serpent
A Silhouette in the Window Across the Street
A Silhouette in the Window Across the Street

Filmography

2014 Hard to Be a God
as Rohe Keu
2007 Moscow Chill
as Carp
2006 Khottabych
as Aleksandr
2004 Посылка с Марса
as Гена, охранник
2004 Jacked$
as 'Gorilla'
2003 Mail Order Bride
as driver
2003 Barbarian
as Dark Prince
2002 Shoemaker
as
2002 House of Fools
as Kvas
2002 Red Serpent
as
2002 Antikiller
as
2002 I Am A Dummy
as
2001 Down House
as дантист
2000 Old Hags
as
2000 Chinese Tea-Set
as
1998 I Want To Go To Prison
as Здоровый
1993 A Silhouette in the Window Across the Street
as
1993 Горячев и другие
as Жора - телохранитель
1991 Tanks Are Running on Taganka
as fat man in a diner, "racketeer"
1991 Funeral on the Second Floor
as Circassian bodyguard