Stanislav Pozdnyakov

Stanislav Pozdnyakov
Станислав Алексеевич Поздняков
Pozdnyakov in 2021
4th President of the Russian Olympic Committee
In office
2 May 2018 – 13 December 2024
Preceded byAlexander Zhukov
Succeeded byMikhail Degtyarev
Personal details
BornStanislav Alekseyevich Pozdnyakov
(1973-09-27) 27 September 1973
Sports career
Height178 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight78 kg (172 lb)
SportFencing
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 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
European Championships
1994 Krakow Individual
2000 Funchal Team
2001 Koblenz Individual
2001 Koblenz Team
2002 Moscow Individual
2002 Moscow Team
2003 Bourges Individual
2003 Bourges Team
2004 Kopenhagen Individual
2004 Kopenhagen Team
2005 Zalaegerszeg Team
2007 Gent Team
2008 Kyiv Team
1998 Plovdiv Team
2000 Funchal Individual
2006 Izmir Team
2007 Gent Individual

Stanislav Alekseyevich Pozdnyakov (Russian: Станислав Алексеевич Поздняков, IPA: [stənʲɪˈslaf pəzʲnʲɪˈkof]; born 27 September 1973) is a Russian former fencer, five-time Olympian (1992–2008), and five-time Olympic medalist in individual and team sabre competitions who previously served as president of the Russian Olympic Committee from 2018 to 2024. He is also a ten-time individual and team world champion, in 1994–2007. In 2022, he was removed from his position as European Fencing Confederation (EFC) president at an Extraordinary Congress following a unanimous vote of no confidence in Pozdnyakov, due to his conduct in the wake of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.