Anastasia Pozdnyakova
Personal information
Full nameAnastasia Yuryevna Pozdnyakova
Born (1985-12-11) 11 December 1985
Elektrostal, Moscow Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Height155 cm (5 ft 1 in)
Sport
CountryRussia
Event(s)3m, 3m synchro
PartnerYulia Pakhalina
Medal record
Women's Diving
Representing  Russia
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2008 Beijing3m Spring Synchro
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2009 Rome 3m Spring Synchro
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2008 Eindhoven 3 m spring synchro
Silver medal – second place 2010 Budapest 3 m springboard
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Budapest 1 m springboard

Anastasia Yuryevna Pozdnyakova (Russian: Анастасия Юрьевна Позднякова; born 11 December 1985) is a Russian diver. Pozdniakova competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics and won a silver medal with her partner Yuliya Pakhalina in the 3m Synchronized Springboard.

Pozdnyakova lives in Houston, Texas, United States and competed for the University of Houston's diving team. In February 2009, Pozdnyakova won her 11th-career Conference USA Diver of the Week honor, the fifth-most weekly honors won by an athlete in any C-USA sport and the most for any diver in C-USA history.[1]

She is currently coaching at Spring Branch ISD in Houston, TX.

References

  1. UH Cougars (February 7, 2009). "Diving's Pozdnyakova Named C-USA Diver of the Week - This is Pozdnyakova's 11th-Career Weekly Honor". UH Cougars. Archived from the original on February 14, 2009. Retrieved February 8, 2009.


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