Polina Guryeva
Turkmenistani weightlifter (born 1999)
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Polina Aleksandrovna Guryeva (Turkmen: Polina Aleksandrowna Gurýewa, Russian: Полина Александровна Гурьева, born 5 October 1999) is a Turkmenistani weightlifter. She competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo in 2021 and won a silver medal in the women's 59 kg competition.[2][3] This was the first ever Olympic medal for Turkmenistan.[4][5]
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Native name | Polina Gurýewa |
| National team | Turkmenistan |
| Born | 5 October 1999[1] |
| Years active | 2011–present |
| Sport | |
| Country | Turkmenistan |
| Sport | Weightlifting |
Events | 63 kg (2017), 59 kg (2020–) |
| Team | National team |
Medal record | |
She is one of the few Turkmens who won Olympic medals, joining the likes of the late Marat Nyýazow (who represented the USSR at the 1960 Olympics in Rome)[6] and Daniyar İsmayilov (an ethnic Turkmen who represents Turkey).
Early life
Guryeva was born on 5 October 1999 in Ashgabat. She is ethnic Russian.[7] She started to do artistic gymnastics in 2011 in Ashgabat, and eventually moved to weightlifting.[8]
Guryeva is a student of the Turkmen State Institute of Physical Culture and Sports. She lives and trains in Ashgabat; her coach as of 2021 was Artur Emiryan.[8]
For winning the first Olympic medal, the Turkmen State presented Polina Guryeva with a Lexus LX570 Sport Plus car, a new three-room apartment and 50 thousand US dollars.[9]
Major results
| Year | Venue | Weight | Snatch (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Total | Rank | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | |||||
| Olympic Games | ||||||||||||
| 2021 |  Tokyo, Japan | 59 kg | 93 | 96 | 3 | 116 | 119 | 121 | 2 | 217 |  | |
State awards
- Honored Master of Sports of Turkmenistan (August 21, 2021) [10]
