Stanislav Pozdnyakov

Stanislav Alekseyevich Pozdnyakov (Russian: Станислав Алексеевич Поздняков; born 27 September 1973 in Novosibirsk) is a Russian fencer, who has won five Olympic medals in the sabre competitions.[1][2] He also won the gold medal at the 2006 World Fencing Championships and the 2007 World Fencing Championships in the individual sabre as well as a bronze medal in the team sabre in 2006. He is a four time Olympic champion and ten time world champion. He currently serves as the president of the Russian Olympic Committee.

Stanislav Alekseyevich Pozdnyakov
Personal information
Born	27 September 1973 Novosibirsk, Novosibirsk Oblast, Russian SFSR, USSR
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	78 kg (172 lb)
Sport
Sport	Fencing
Weapon	Sabre
Hand	right-handed
FIE ranking	archive
Medal record Men's sabre Representing  Unified Team Olympic Games 1992 Barcelona Team Representing  Russia Olympic Games 1996 Atlanta Individual 1996 Atlanta Team 2000 Sydney Team 2004 Athens Team World Championships 1994 Athens Team 1997 Cape Town Individual 2001 Nîmes Individual 2001 Nîmes Team 2002 Lisbon Individual 2002 Lisbon Team 2003 Havana Team 2005 Leipzig Team 2006 Turin Individual 2007 St. Petersburg Individual 1994 Athens Individual 1995 The Hague Team 1997 Cape Town Team 1999 Seoul Individual 2005 Leipzig Individual 1999 Seoul Team 2006 Turin Team European Championships 1994 Krakow Individual 2000 Funchal Team 2001 Koblenz Individual 2001 Koblenz Team 2002 Moscow Individual 2002 Moscow Team 2003 Bourges Individual 2003 Bourges Team 2004 Kopenhagen Individual 2004 Kopenhagen Team 2005 Zalaegerszeg Team 2007 Gent Team 2008 Kiev Team 1998 Plovdiv Team 2000 Funchal Individual 2006 Izmir Team 2007 Gent Individual

His daughter Sofia Pozdniakova is also a fencer.

Career

Pozdnyakov won the World Fencing Championships ten times; five times in the team event and five times in the individual event, more than any other sabre fencer in history. He also has won five silver and two bronze medals at the World Championships.

Pozdnyakov is also one of the most successful Olympic fencers. At the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain, as a member of the Soviet team took gold. In 1996, as team captain, he won gold in the team and the individual event. His last Olympic gold medal was at the 2000 Olympics, in the team event. At the 2004 Olympics, his team beat the team USA 45-44 to win the bronze medal. Four years later, at the 2008 Summer Olympics, the Russian team lost in the semi-finals to the United States 45–44.

After retiring from competitive fencing Pozdnyakov serves as official of the International Fencing Federation (FIE).

Since May 2018 Pozdnyakov serves as the President of the Russian Olympic Committee.[3]

See also

• Multiple medallist at the World Fencing Championships

References

1. "Olympics Statistics: Stanislav Pozdnyakov". databaseolympics.com. Archived from the original on 2012-10-26. Retrieved 2011-12-29.
2. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Stanislav Pozdnyakov Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2011-12-29.
3. "Russian Olympic Committee".

External links

• Media related to Stanislav Pozdnyakov at Wikimedia Commons
• Quotations related to Stanislav Pozdnyakov at Wikiquote
• Stanislav Pozdnyakov at the International Fencing Federation