Yakiv Punkin, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Yakiv Punkin

Olympic wrestler

Date of Birth: 08-Dec-1921

Place of Birth: Zaporizhzhia, Zaporizhzhya Oblast, Ukraine

Date of Death: 12-Oct-1994

Profession: amateur wrestler

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Yakov Grigrorievich Punkin (Russian: ???? ??????????? ??????; 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.
He became the first Olympic gold champion born on the territory of the modern Ukraine.