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
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and Olympic champion. He won a gold medal in the 50 m Running Target at the
1972 Summer Olympics
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in
Munich
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.
["1972 Summer Olympics – München, Germany – Shooting"]
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References
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
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