Anastasia Pozdniakova

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.

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

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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