Yakov Zheleznyak (born 10 April 1941) is a former

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

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."1972 Summer Olympics – München, Germany – Shooting"
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1941 births Living people Ukrainian male sport shooters Soviet male sport shooters Running target shooters Olympic shooters for 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 Club sportspeople Medalists at the 1972 Summer Olympics K. D. Ushinsky South Ukrainian National Pedagogical University alumni 20th-century Ukrainian sportsmen {{Ukraine-sportshooting-bio-stub