Sofia Stanislavovna Pozdniakova (Russian: София Станиславовна Позднякова, IPA: [sɐˈfʲijə pəzʲnʲɪˈkovə]; born 17 June 1997) is a Russian right-handed sabre fencer, 2019 team world champion, 2018 individual world champion, 2021 team Olympic champion, and 2021 individual Olympic champion.[2]

Sofia Pozdniakova
Pozdniakova in 2021
Personal information
Full name	Sofia Stanislavovna Pozdniakova
Born	(1997-06-17) 17 June 1997 (age 25)[1] Novosibirsk, Russia[1]
Nationality	Russian
Sport
Country	Russia
Sport	Fencing
Weapon	Sabre
Hand	right-handed
National coach	Christian Bauer
Club	CSKA Moscow
Head coach	Alexander Shirshov, Sergey Stepankin
FIE ranking	current ranking
Medal record Representing ROC Olympic Games 2020 Tokyo Individual sabre 2020 Tokyo Team sabre Representing  Russia World Championships 2018 Wuxi Individual sabre 2019 Budapest Team sabre 2018 Wuxi Team sabre European Championships 2018 Novi Sad Team sabre 2019 Düsseldorf Team sabre 2017 Tbilisi Team sabre

Early life

Pozdniakova was born in Novosibirsk, where she was coached by Sergey Stepankin at the Fencing Center.[3][4] Both of her parents were fencers: her father, Stanislav Pozdnyakov, is a 4-time Olympic champion, 10-time World champion and 13-time European champion in the sabre competition, as well as the President of the Russian Olympic Committee (since 2018), and her mother, Anastasia, is Master of Sports and secretary at the Fencing Federation of the Novosibirsk Oblast.[5][6] She decided to follow in her parents' footsteps at the age of 10, deciding to abandon swimming and acrobatic gymnastics.[6]

Medal Record

Olympic Games

Year	Location	Event	Position
2021	Tokyo, Japan	Individual Women's Sabre	1st[7]
2021	Tokyo, Japan	Team Women's Sabre	1st[8]

World Championship

Year	Location	Event	Position
2018	Wuxi, China	Individual Women's Sabre	1st[9]
2018	Wuxi, China	Team Women's Sabre	2nd[10]
2019	Budapest, Hungary	Team Women's Sabre	1st[11]

European Championship

Year	Location	Event	Position
2017	Tbilisi, Georgia	Team Women's Sabre	2nd[12]
2018	Novi Sad, Serbia	Team Women's Sabre	1st[13]
2019	Düsseldorf, Germany	Team Women's Sabre	1st[14]

Grand Prix

Date	Location	Event	Position
05/24/2019	Moscow, Russia	Individual Women's Sabre	3rd[15]

World Cup

Date	Location	Event	Position
03/08/2019	Athens, Greece	Individual Women's Sabre	1st[16]

Personal life

Pozdiakova studied at the Smolensk State Academy of Physical Culture, Sports and Tourism, and as of 2018 she planned to become a sports journalist in future.[17] Since 2016, she participates for CSKA Moscow.[6]

Since September 2020, Pozdiakova is married to Saratov-based fencer Konstantin Lokhanov.[18]

References

External links

• Sofia Pozdniakova at the International Fencing Federation

На других языках

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