Anna Kozlova (Russian: Анна Козлова; born 30 December 1972) is a former synchronized swimmer who competed in three Olympic Games.
After competing in the 1992 Summer Olympics and winning four European Championships representing the Soviet Union and its successor organizations, she defected to the United States in 1993.
After missing the 1996 Atlanta Games due to a five-year wait to receive U.S. citizenship, she competed for her new country in Sydney, where her best placing was fourth.
Kozlova was born in Leningrad, RFSFR, Soviet Union on December 30, 1972,[3] the daughter of a mathematics professor and a swimming instructor.
[4] In January 1993, Kozlova and Sedakova traveled to the United States to train on a temporary visa, where they lived with the family of Atlanta gold medalists and sisters; Becky Dyroen-Lancer and Suzannah Bianco.
Kozlova partnered with Sedakova for the final time at the Sheffield competition, but they repeated their success from 1991, and captured the duet gold medal.
[15] At the 2002 World Cup in Zurich, Kozlova won her first international medal as an American, winning bronze in the team competition.