Yakov Punkin
Olympic athlete
1921 – 1994
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Who was Yakov Punkin?
Yakiv Hryhorovych Punkin 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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