 Svetlana Vanyo | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Svetlana Gennadievna Vanyo | ||||||||||||||||||||
| National team |  Russia | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | May 26, 1977 Kuybyshev, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Butterfly | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Svetlana Vanyo (born May 26, 1977), née Svetlana Pozdeyeva, is a Russian-American former competition swimmer, coach, and private swimming instructor. She is a world championship medalist, former Russian national record-holder, and 1996 Olympics finalist.
Pozdeyeva's swimming accomplishments earned her one of the highest awards in Russia for her contributions to the nation: the Russian Federation's Certificate to the State and Medal of the Order for Merits before the Fatherland "Second Degree," awarded to her personally in 1995 by President Boris Yeltsin. In total, Pozdeyeva won 20 gold, silver, and bronze medals at various international competitions throughout her swimming career.