Anastasia Pozdniakova

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

Anastasia Pozdnyakova
Personal information
Full nameAnastasia Yuryevna Pozdnyakova
Born (1985-12-11) December 11, 1985
Elektrostal, Moscow Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Height155 cm (5 ft 1 in)
Sport
CountryRussia
Event(s)3m, 3m synchro
PartnerYulia Pakhalina

Pozdnyakova lives in Houston, Texas, United States and competes 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]

Currently a redshirt junior, Pozdnyakova has competed on the Houston Cougars diving team since 2004. She is currently coaching at Spring Branch ISD in Houston, TX.

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