# Yakov Punkin

> Yakov Grigorievich Punkin 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. He became the first Olympic gold champion born on the territory of the modern Ukraine.

*Olympic wrestler (1921-1994)*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/yakov-punkin

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Athlete ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131))
- **Category:** Athletes
- **Country:** Russia
- **Born:** 1921-12-08
- **Died:** 1994-10-12
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Fame
- **Fame score:** 48.2
- **Momentum:** 7.7

## Sources
- [Пункін Яків Григорович](https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D1%83%D0%BD%D0%BA%D1%96%D0%BD_%D0%AF%D0%BA%D1%96%D0%B2_%D0%93%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B3%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87)
- [Iàkiv Punkin](https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/I%C3%A0kiv_Punkin)
- [Jakiv Punkin](https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jakiv_Punkin)
- [Jakow Grigorjewitsch Punkin](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jakow_Grigorjewitsch_Punkin)
- [Yakiv Punkin](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yakiv_Punkin)
- [Yakov Punkin](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yakov_Punkin)
- [یاکیف پانکوین](https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DB%8C%D8%A7%DA%A9%DB%8C%D9%81_%D9%BE%D8%A7%D9%86%DA%A9%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%86)
- [Jakov Punkin](https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jakov_Punkin)
- [Yakov Punkin](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yakov_Punkin)
- [יעקב פונקין](https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%99%D7%A2%D7%A7%D7%91_%D7%A4%D7%95%D7%A0%D7%A7%D7%99%D7%9F)
- [Jakov Punkin](https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jakov_Punkin)
- [야키우 푼킨](https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%95%BC%ED%82%A4%EC%9A%B0_%ED%91%BC%ED%82%A8)
- [Jakov Punkin](https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jakov_Punkin)
- [Jakow Punkin](https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jakow_Punkin)
- [Yakiv Punkin](https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yakiv_Punkin)
- [Пункин, Яков Григорьевич](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D1%83%D0%BD%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%BD%2C_%D0%AF%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B2_%D0%93%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B3%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%8C%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q721954)

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