Yakov Zheleznyak (born 10 April 1941) is a former

Soviet The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, ...

sport shooter Shooting sports is a group of competitive and recreational sporting activities involving proficiency tests of accuracy, precision and speed in shooting — the art of using ranged weapons, mainly small arms (firearms and airguns, in forms such a ...

and Olympic champion. He won a gold medal in the 50 m Running Target at the

1972 Summer Olympics The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () and commonly known as Munich 1972 (german: München 1972), was an international multi-sport event held in Munich, West Germany, from 26 August to 11 September 1972. ...

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1941 births Living people Ukrainian male sport shooters Soviet male sport shooters Running target shooters Olympic shooters of the Soviet Union Shooters at the 1972 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for the Soviet Union Olympic medalists in shooting Sportspeople from Odesa Dynamo sports society athletes Medalists at the 1972 Summer Olympics K. D. Ushinsky South Ukrainian National Pedagogical University alumni {{Ukraine-sportshooting-bio-stub