Oleksiy Pozdnyakov

Oleksiy Pozdnyakov (Ukrainian: Олексій Олександрович Поздняков; born 1 April 1995 in Pryluky, Ukraine) is a male Ukrainian athlete specialising in the 200 metres and 400 metres.^[1] He won two gold medals at the 2019 European Games.^[2] He competed at the 2019 World Championships, 2018 European Championships, 2019 European Games, three (2014, 2017, 2019) European Athletics Team Championships, and 2019 Summer Universiade.

Oleksiy Pozdnyakov

Personal information
Born	(1995-04-01) 1 April 1995 (age 28) Pryluky, Ukraine
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	66 kg (146 lb)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	200 metres, 400 metres
Coached by	Mykhailo Marchenko, Olha Zavhorodnya
Medal record European Games 2019 Minsk Team event 2019 Minsk Mixed medley relay

International competitions

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing   Ukraine
2014	European Team Championships	Braunschweig, Germany	7th	4 × 400 m relay	3:07.00
2017	European Team Championships	Lille, France	8th	4 × 400 m relay	3:07.03
2018	European Championships	Berlin, Germany	17th (h)	400 m	46.47
			10th (h)	4 × 400 m relay	3:03.93
2019	European Team Championships	Bydgoszcz, Poland	6th	4 × 400 m relay	3:06.04
	Summer Universiade	Naples, Italy	31st (h)	200 m	21.67
			24th (h)	400 m	47.98
	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	13th (h)	Mixed 4 × 400 metres relay	3:17.50
2022	European Championships	Munich, Germany	12th (h)	4 × 400 m relay	3:04.15

Personal bests

As of July 17, 2022.

Outdoor

• 100 metres – 10.90 (Kropyvnytskiy 2019)
• 200 metres – 21.05 (Lutsk 2018)
• 300 metres – 33.93 (Pärnu 2018)
• 400 metres – 46.42 (Kropyvnytskiy 2018)

Indoor

• 60 metres – 7.01 (Sumy 2019)
• 200 metres – 21.71 (Sumy 2020)
• 400 metres – 47.65 (Sumy 2019)
• Long jump – 6.58 (Sumy 2017)

References

1. Oleksiy Pozdnyakov at World Athletics
2. . Donetsk Regional State Administration, 25 June 2019 (in Ukrainian).