Anastasia Pozdniakova
Anastasia Urevna Pozdniakova (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 Yuliya Pakhalina in the 3m Synchronized Springboard.
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| Full name | Anastasia Urevna Pozdniakova | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | December 11, 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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Pozdniakova lives in Houston, Texas, United States and competes for the University of Houston's diving team. In February 2009, Pozdniakova 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, Pozdniakova has competed on the Houston Cougars diving team since 2004. She is currently coaching at Spring Branch ISD in Houston, TX.
References
- UH Cougars (February 7, 2009). "Diving's Pozdniakova Named C-USA Diver of the Week - This is Pozdniakova's 11th-Career Weekly Honor". UH Cougars.
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