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In April 2023, Pozdnyakov expressed surprise that there was talk of Russian athletes losing motivation during their continued ineligibility to compete in major international events, as a result of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://swimswam.com/roc-chief-surprised-by-talk-of-lack-of-motivation-among-russian-athletes/|title=ROC Chief "Surprised" By Talk of Lack of Motivation Among Russian Athletes|first=James|last=Sutherland|date=April 28, 2023|website=SwimSwam}}</ref> |
In April 2023, Pozdnyakov expressed surprise that there was talk of Russian athletes losing motivation during their continued ineligibility to compete in major international events, as a result of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://swimswam.com/roc-chief-surprised-by-talk-of-lack-of-motivation-among-russian-athletes/|title=ROC Chief "Surprised" By Talk of Lack of Motivation Among Russian Athletes|first=James|last=Sutherland|date=April 28, 2023|website=SwimSwam}}</ref> |
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In July 2023, a Russian effort to have Ukrainian three-time world sabre champion [[Olha Kharlan]] [[Penalty card#Fencing 3|black-carded]] at the [[2023 World Fencing Championships]] backfired dramatically.<ref> |
In July 2023, a Russian effort to have Ukrainian three-time world sabre champion [[Olha Kharlan]] [[Penalty card#Fencing 3|black-carded]] at the [[2023 World Fencing Championships]] backfired dramatically.<ref name="auto9">{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/fencing/66339461|title=Kharlan ban lifted after handshake argument|via=www.bbc.com}}</ref> Kharlan had offered her defeated Russian opponent a tapping of blades at the end of their bout, a pandemic substitute for handshakes, rather than a handshake.<ref name="auto9"/> Kharlan was briefly black-carded by the FIE, an hour after the Russian's protest was lodged, but upon the event being reviewed by the IOC its president granted Kharlan an automatic berth in the 2024 Paris Olympics, expressed empathy for what she had gone through, and had the FIE reverse itself.<ref name="auto9"/> Pozdnyakov railed against what he called the "duplicity" of the IOC, and accused it of picking a sides in a political conflict.<ref name="auto11"/> |
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==See also== |
==See also== |
Revision as of 03:25, 30 July 2023
Stanislav Alekseyevich Pozdnyakov (Russian: Станислав Алексеевич Поздняков, IPA: [stənʲɪˈslaf pəzʲnʲɪˈkof]; born 27 September 1973) is the Russian president of the Russian Olympic Committee. He is a former fencer, five-time Olympian (1992–2008), and five-time Olympic medalist in individual and team sabre competitions.[1][2] He was 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.[3]
Personal
His daughter Sofia Pozdniakova is also a fencer. She won the gold medal in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics Women's Individual Sabre event. Her clubs are the Russian Central Sports Army Club and the Novosibirsk Regional Fencing Sports School of Olympic Reserve.[4]
His former son-in-law Konstantin Lokhanov won two world junior championships in sabre, and fenced in the Tokyo Olympics in 2021.[5] His son-in-law emigrated to the United States in the wake of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, however, and the couple are divorcing.[6] After Lokhanov moved to the United States, his father-in-law -- in what The New York Times called an apparent swipe at Western frivolousness -- referred to him obliquely as having the "the sad fate of frightened lovers of raspberry frappé and yellow scooters."[7][8] When asked about the remark, Lokhanov said he found it funny and unsurprising, even though he was not quite sure why it had been made, and then added with a smile: "I never had a scooter. I’m a big coffee lover, but not frappé."[9]
Russian Army
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Pozdnyakov has been a lieutenant colonel in the Russian Army.[10]
In September 2022, Pozdnyakov urged Russian athletes to fight for Russia in Russia's war against Ukraine, saying the athletes should feel honored to do so.[11][10][12] He said: "From the point of view of the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC), we, being citizens of the country, consider service to the motherland is an honourable duty and an honourable duty of every citizen, including members of national teams."[12]
In April 2023, during the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Pozdnyakov announced that the ROC had awarded CSKA (the Russian Central Army Sports Club, which is a department of the Russian Defence Ministry, and which is also Pozdnyakov's own club) with the ROC's Badge of Honor "For Merits in the Development of the Olympic Movement in Russia," and he attended a special presentation to present the award to Russian military officers.[10][13]
Fencing career
Pozdnyakov was one of the most successful Olympic fencers of his time. At the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain, as a member of the Unified Team he received a team gold, though he lost the only bout he fenced, to Canadian Jean-Paul Banos.[2]
In 1996 in Atlanta in the United States, now competing for Russia, he again won gold in the team event, and added his third gold in the individual event.[2] His third Olympics was in 2000, where he won his third consecutive team gold (his fourth gold overall), though in the individual competition he was knocked out with a defeat in his second bout.[2] At the 2004 Olympics, Pozdnyakov again competed as part of the Russian men's sabre team, which beat the USA 45-44 for the bronze medal.[2]
At his fifth and last Olympics in 2008, Pozdnyakov lost his only bout in the individual competition.[2] He then finished without a medal in team as well, as Russia was defeated in the semi-finals by the USA 45–44, as Pozdnyakov failed to win a bout against the Americans. The United States had been losing to Russia 40-35 going into the last bout, but in that match American Keeth Smart outscored Pozdnyakov 10-4 for the one-touch team win.[14][15][2] Russia then also lost its bronze medal match.[2] Pozdnyakov subsequently retired.[citation needed]
In his career, Pozdnyakov won the World Fencing Championships individual event five times, and the team event five times.[2] He also won three individual and two team silver medals, and two team bronze medals.[2]
Sports administrative career
2008–14
In 2008 Pozdnyakov became head coach for the Russian national team in all weapons.[13][16] In 2009 he was appointed first deputy president of the Russian Fencing Federation.[13][16]
2015–19
In June 2016 he was elected President of the European Fencing Confederation (EFC).[16] All Confederation Presidents are members of the Executive Committee of the International Fencing Federation (FIE).[16]
From 2016-18 Pozdnyakov was First Vice-President of the Russian Olympic Committee.[13]
In 2017 he received the "Order of Merit for the Fatherland” classe II for "the successful preparation of athletes who have achieved high sporting achievements at the XXXI Olympic Games in 2016."[13]
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In February 2018, he managed the "Olympic Athletes from Russia" neutral delegation at the Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, South Korea, after Russia’s team was banned for doping.[17] He 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.[18] Pozdnyakov responded: "The IOC decision says that the Russian Olympic Committee is suspended. The president and the general secretary for the Russian Olympic Committee are not able to participate in these games. But (there’s) nothing about the vice president or other staff members of the Russian Olympic Committee."[18]
Since he was elected in May 2018, as Vladimir Putin's choice, Pozdnyakov has served as the President of the Russian Olympic Committee.[19][20][17] He was re-elected in 2022.[21]
In December 2019, after the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) banned Russia from all major sporting events for four years for tampering with laboratory data on doping, Pozdnyakov opined that the sanctions were inappropriate and excessive.[22] WADA imposed the sanctions after its executive committee concluded that Russia had planted fake evidence, and deleted files linked to positive doping tests in laboratory data that could have helped identify drug cheats.[22]
2020–present
In June 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 that March, due to his xenophobic conduct in the wake of the Russian invasion of Ukraine which had commenced in late February 2022.[3]
In February 2023, Vadym Gutzeit, Ukraine's Youth and Sport Minister as well as the president of the National Fencing Federation of Ukraine (and former Olympic champion sabre fencer) and the President of the National Olympic Committee of Ukraine, who had competed with Pozdnyakov when they were teammates from Russia and Ukraine on the post-Soviet Unified Team at the 1992 Olympics, said he had only contempt for Pozdnyakov.[23][9] Gutzeit blames Pozdnyakov for vocally supporting Russia's invasion of Ukraine.[9] Gutzeit said: "I don’t want to talk to him. I don’t want to know him at all. He 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. Therefore, for today and forever, this person does not exist for me.”[9]
In April 2023, Pozdnyakov expressed surprise that there was talk of Russian athletes losing motivation during their continued ineligibility to compete in major international events, as a result of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[24]
In July 2023, a Russian effort to have Ukrainian three-time world sabre champion Olha Kharlan black-carded at the 2023 World Fencing Championships backfired dramatically.[25] Kharlan had offered her defeated Russian opponent a tapping of blades at the end of their bout, a pandemic substitute for handshakes, rather than a handshake.[25] Kharlan was briefly black-carded by the FIE, an hour after the Russian's protest was lodged, but upon the event being reviewed by the IOC its president granted Kharlan an automatic berth in the 2024 Paris Olympics, expressed empathy for what she had gone through, and had the FIE reverse itself.[25] Pozdnyakov railed against what he called the "duplicity" of the IOC, and accused it of picking a sides in a political conflict.[26]
See also
References
- ^ "Olympics Statistics: Stanislav Pozdnyakov". databaseolympics.com. Archived from the original on October 26, 2012. Retrieved December 29, 2011.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Stanislav Pozdnyakov Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 17, 2020. Retrieved December 29, 2011.
- ^ a b Patrick Burke (May 31, 2022). "ROC leader Pozdnyakov deposed as President of European Fencing Confederation". Inside the Games.
- ^ "The International Fencing Federation". The International Fencing Federation official website.
- ^ "Танец в тумане: чемпионка мира из Новосибирска сыграла свадьбу в Москве — смотрим красивые снимки с церемонии". НГС - новости Новосибирска. September 29, 2020.
- ^ "Olympic fencing champion Sofia Pozdnyakova divorces saber fencer Konstantin Lokhanov, who left for the USA". Lost Sports. September 5, 2022.
- ^ "Olympic fencing champion Sofia Pozdnyakova divorces saber fencer Konstantin Lokhanov, who left for the USA". Lost Sports. September 5, 2022.
- ^ Longman, Jeré (July 8, 2023). "With War as a Backdrop, a Russian Fencing Drama Plays Out in the U.S.; The departure of Russian fencers who object to their country's invasion of Ukraine has created a stir at home and left their sporting futures in question". The New York Times.
- ^ a b c d Hanna Arhirova and John Leicester (February 15, 2023). "Ukrainian Olympic head on Russian rival: 'He is my enemy'". AP News.
- ^ a b c Duncan Mackay (April 29, 2023). "Pozdnyakov presents special Russian Olympic Committee award to army club". Inside the Games.
- ^ "Russian Sports Minister denies involvement in athlete mobilization". Infobae.
- ^ a b Christine Brown (September 22, 2022). "ROC head Pozdnyakov claims Russian athletes should be honoured to fight in war". Inside the Games. Retrieved July 4, 2023.
- ^ a b c d e "Stanislav Pozdnyakov – Russian Olympic Committee". Olympic.ru.
- ^ Vecsey, George (August 17, 2008). "Fencer and His Team Rise Above a Lot". The New York Times.
- ^ "Turnabout: US saber team wins twice by a point". USA Fencing. August 17, 2008.
- ^ a b c d Daniel Etchells (June 20, 2016). "Russian four-time Olympic champion elected President of European Fencing Confederation". Inside the Games.
- ^ a b "Russia names new Olympic chief in wake of doping scandals". NBC Sports. May 29, 2018.
- ^ a b "Russian Olympic official says ban doesn't apply to him". WPRI. February 8, 2018.
- ^ Leo Goretti (May 2022). "The Sporting Sanctions Against Russia: Debunking the Myth of Sport's Neutrality," Istituto Affari Internazionali.
- ^ "Russian Olympic Committee Executive Board". Olympic.ru.
- ^ "Russian Olympic Committee; Russian Federation". ANOC.
- ^ a b "WADA sanctions are inappropriate and excessive: Russian Olympic Committee". Reuters. December 9, 2019.
- ^ "Ukraine renews Russian Olympic exclusion push". ESPN. March 24, 2023.
- ^ Sutherland, James (April 28, 2023). "ROC Chief "Surprised" By Talk of Lack of Motivation Among Russian Athletes". SwimSwam.
- ^ a b c "Kharlan ban lifted after handshake argument" – via www.bbc.com.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
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