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. 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 then 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

• Multiple medallist at the World Fencing Championships