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Yakiv Punkin
Soviet wrestler
Yakov Grigorievich Punkin (Russian: Яков Григорьевич Пункин; 8 December 1921 – 12 October 1994) was a featherweight Greco-Roman wrestler from Ukraine. Competing for the Soviet Union he won a gold medal at the 1952 Olympics. He placed fifth at the 1953 World Championships.[1] He became the first Olympic gold champion born on the territory of the modern Ukraine.