Polina Guryeva

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]

Polina Guryeva
Personal information
Native namePolina Gurýewa
National teamTurkmenistan
Born (1999-10-05) 5 October 1999[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
2020 Tokyo–59 kg
Islamic Solidarity Games
2017 Baku63 kg

Other Turkmens who won Olympic medals include late Marat Nyýazow (representing USSR during the Olympics in Rome in 1960) and Daniyar İsmayilov (currently representing Turkey).[6]

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 and 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, Japan59 kg93959696116119121121217

State awards
  • Honored Master of Sports of Turkmenistan (August 21, 2021) [10]

References
  1. "Weightlifting GURYEVA Polina - Tokyo 2020 Olympics". ..
  2. "Weightlifting - Group A Results". 2020 Summer Olympics.
  3. "Women's 59 kg Results" (PDF). 2020 Summer Olympics. 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.
  8. "Тяжелоатлетка Полина Гурьева завоевала первую для Туркменистана медаль на Олимпийских играх". Туркменистан сегодня (in Russian). 27 July 2021.
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