Polina Guryeva
Personal information
Native namePolina Gurýewa
National teamTurkmenistan
Born (1999-10-05) 5 October 1999 (age 24)[1]
Ashgabat, Turkmenistan
Years active2011–present
Sport
CountryTurkmenistan
SportWeightlifting
Event(s)63 kg (2017), 59 kg (2020–)
TeamNational team
Medal record
Representing  Turkmenistan
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2020 Tokyo –59 kg
Islamic Solidarity Games
Gold medal – first place 2017 Baku 63 kg

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]

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 Japan Tokyo, Japan 59 kg 93 95 96 3 116 119 121 2 217 2nd place, silver medalist(s)

State awards

References

  1. ^ "Weightlifting - GURYEVA Polina". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 2021-07-27. Retrieved 2021-07-27.
  2. ^ "Weightlifting - Group A Results". 2020 Summer Olympics. Archived from the original on 2021-07-25. Retrieved 2021-07-27.
  3. ^ "Women's 59 kg Results" (PDF). 2020 Summer Olympics. 23 April 2018. Archived (PDF) from the original on 27 July 2021. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
  4. ^ "Тяжелоатлетка Полина Гурьева завоевала первую в истории Туркменистана олимпийскую медаль". Turkmenportal (in Russian). 27 July 2021.
  5. ^ "Turkmenistan wins first ever Olympic medal as Polina Guryeva takes home silver in weightlifting". sports.yahoo.com.
  6. ^ "Marat Niyazov". olympics.com.
  7. ^ "Un apartamento, un vehículo y 50.000 dólares para primera medallista olímpica de Turkmenistán". 21 August 2021.
  8. ^ a b "Тяжелоатлетка Полина Гурьева завоевала первую для Туркменистана медаль на Олимпийских играх". Туркменистан сегодня (in Russian). 27 July 2021.
  9. ^ "Polina Guryeva was awarded the honorary title of Honored Master of Sports of Turkmenistan | Society".
  10. ^ "Полине Гурьевой присвоено почётное звание заслуженного мастера спорта Туркменистана | Общество".
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