Irina Pozdnyakova


Irina Pozdnyakova is a retired Russian swimmer. In 1966, aged 13, she set a world record in the 200 m breastroke. The same year she won a silver medal at the 1966 European Aquatics Championships.
She is married to the Olympic volleyball player Vyacheslav Zaytsev; they have a daughter, Anna, and a son, Ivan, an Olympic volleyball player. Both children hold Italian citizenship: Ivan was born on 2 October 1988 in Italy, where his father played for several years, whereas Anna married an Italian in 1993.