Yakiv Punkin
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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,[1] and was born and died in Zaporizhia, Ukraine.
Punkin won the gold medal at the 1952 Summer Olympics in wrestling.
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