# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/yakov-punkin
# Generated: 2026-08-13T22:04:29.442Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/yakov-punkin"
name: "Yakov Punkin"
slug: "yakov-punkin"
description: "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."
tagline: "Olympic wrestler (1921–1994)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/a9/Yakov_Punkin.jpg"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1921-12-08"
deathDate: "1994-10-12"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           46.48
  momentum:             10.24390243902439
  historical:           13.74146933333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Пункін Яків Григорович"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/I%C3%A0kiv_Punkin"
    title: "Iàkiv Punkin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jakiv_Punkin"
    title: "Jakiv Punkin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jakow_Grigorjewitsch_Punkin"
    title: "Jakow Grigorjewitsch Punkin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yakiv_Punkin"
    title: "Yakiv Punkin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yakov_Punkin"
    title: "Yakov Punkin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "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"
    title: "یاکیف پانکوین"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jakov_Punkin"
    title: "Jakov Punkin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yakov_Punkin"
    title: "Yakov Punkin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "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"
    title: "יעקב פונקין"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jakov_Punkin"
    title: "Jakov Punkin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%95%BC%ED%82%A4%EC%9A%B0_%ED%91%BC%ED%82%A8"
    title: "야키우 푼킨"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jakov_Punkin"
    title: "Jakov Punkin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jakow_Punkin"
    title: "Jakow Punkin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yakiv_Punkin"
    title: "Yakiv Punkin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "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"
    title: "Пункин, Яков Григорьевич"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q721954"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump