Irina Pozdnyakova (Russian: ????? ??????????; born 29 April 1953) 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 (born 1975), 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.