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.
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| Full name | Anastasia Yuryevna Pozdnyakova | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 11 December 1985 Elektrostal, Moscow Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 155 cm (5 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Russia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | 3m, 3m synchro | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Partner | Yulia Pakhalina | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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
- 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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