Anastasia Pozdniakova
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Anastasia Urevna Pozdniakova ' onMouseout='HidePop("76049")' href="/topics/Elektrostal">Elektrostal
Elektrostal
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, Soviet Union
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) is a Russian diver
Diving
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. Pozdniakova competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics
2008 Summer Olympics
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 and won a silver medal with her partner Yuliya Pakhalina in the 3m Synchronized Springboard.

Pozdniakova lives in Houston, Texas
Texas
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, United States
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 and competes for the University of Houston
University of Houston
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's diving team. In February 2009, Pozdniakova won her 11th-career Conference USA
Conference USA
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 Diver of the Week honor, the fifth-most weekly honors won by an athlete in any C-USA sport and the most for any diver in C-USA history.

Currently a redshirt
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 junior, Pozdniakova has competed on the Houston Cougars
Houston Cougars
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 diving team since 2004.

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