15 Facts About Stanislav Pozdnyakov

Stanislav Pozdnyakov won the gold medal in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics Women's Individual Sabre event.

Stanislav Pozdnyakov's clubs are the Russian Central Sports Army Club and the Novosibirsk Regional Fencing Sports School of Olympic Reserve.

Stanislav Pozdnyakov's son-in-law emigrated to the United States in the wake of the Russian invasion of Ukraine as he was against the war, and at the end of the day the couple divorced.

Stanislav Pozdnyakov has been a lieutenant colonel in the Russian Army.

In September 2022, Stanislav Pozdnyakov urged Russian athletes to fight for Russia in Russia's war against Ukraine, saying the athletes should feel honored to do so.

Stanislav Pozdnyakov was one of the most successful Olympic fencers of his time.

At his fifth and last Olympics in 2008, Stanislav Pozdnyakov lost his only bout in the individual competition.

Stanislav Pozdnyakov won three individual and two team silver medals, and two team bronze medals.

In 2008 Stanislav Pozdnyakov became head coach for the Russian national team in all weapons.

Stanislav Pozdnyakov was questioned by the press as to how it could be that he was managing the team, given that the Russian Olympic Committee had been suspended from the Winter Games, and he was the ROC's vice president.

Since he was elected in May 2018, as Vladimir Putin's choice, Stanislav Pozdnyakov has served as the President of the Russian Olympic Committee.

In December 2019, after the World Anti-Doping Agency banned Russia from all major sporting events for four years for tampering with laboratory data on doping, Stanislav Pozdnyakov opined that the sanctions were inappropriate and excessive.

Stanislav Pozdnyakov is my enemy, who supports this war, who considers it an honor for athletes to take part in the war against Ukrainians, to kill Ukrainians.

Stanislav Pozdnyakov railed against what he called the "duplicity" of the IOC, and accused it of picking a sides in a political conflict.

Stanislav Pozdnyakov resigned as head of the ROC on 15 October 2024, citing "timely" reasons such as "geopolitical changes".