Yakiv Punkin

Olympic medal record
Men's Men's Greco-Roman Wrestling
Representing  Soviet Union
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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