Stanislav Pozdnyakov

Stanislav Pozdnyakov
Personal information
Born (1973-09-27) 27 September 1973
Novosibirsk, Russia
Weapon(s) sabre
Hand right-handed
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight 78 kg (172 lb)
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 Fencing 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

Stanislav Alexeyevich 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.

Achievements

Pozdnyakov has won the World Fencing Championships a total of ten times; five times in the team event and five times in the individual event, more times than any other sabre fencer in history. He also has won five silver and two bronze medals from the World Championships. Pozdnyakov is also one of the most successful Olympic fencers of all time. At the 1992 Games in Barcelona, Spain, he was a member of the U.S.S.R. team that took Gold. In 1996, as team captain, he won a team gold and a gold in the individual event. His last gold Olympic medal was from the 2000 Games in the team event again. At the 2004 Games, he and the Russian Federation team beat the American team 45-44 to win the bronze medal. Four years later, at the 2008 Games, he and the Russian Federation team lost to America 45–44 in the semi-finals of the team event. He soon retired from competitive fencing and is currently an official of the FIE.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Olympics Statistics: Stanislav Pozdnyakov". databaseolympics.com. Archived from the original on 2012-10-26. Retrieved 2011-12-29.
  2. ↑ "Stanislav Pozdnyakov Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2011-12-29.


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