Yakiv Punkin
| Olympic medal record | ||
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| Men's Men's Greco-Roman Wrestling | ||
Competitor for  Soviet Union
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.svg.png){kind=icon} | 1952 Helsinki | Featherweight |
Yakiv Hryhorovych Punkin (Russian: Яков Григорьевич Пункин; born December 8, 1921 - October 12, 1994) was a Soviet wrestler from Ukraine who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics.
He was Jewish, and was born and died in Zaporizhia, Ukraine.
Punkin won the gold medal at the 1952 Summer Olympics in wrestling.
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