Irina Pozdnyakova
Russian swimmer (born 1953)
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Born | (1953-04-29) 29 April 1953 (age 71) Moscow, Soviet Union | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Dynamo Moscow (1965–1972)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Irina Valentinovna Pozdnyakova (Russian: Ирина Валентиновна Позднякова; born 29 April 1953) is a retired Russian swimmer. In 1966, aged 13, she set a world record in the 200 m breaststroke. The same year she won a silver medal at the 1966 European Aquatics Championships.[1][2][3]
She is married to the Olympic volleyball player Vyacheslav Zaytsev; they have a daughter, Anna (born 1975), and a son, Ivan, an Olympic volleyball player. Both children hold Italian citizenship: Ivan was born on 2 October 1988 in Italy, where his father played for several years, whereas Anna married an Italian in 1993.[4][5]
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