Polina Pavlovna Bolgareva (Russian: Полина Павловна Болгарева; born 6 February 1999) is a Russian ice hockey forward and member of the Russian national ice hockey team, currently playing in the Zhenskaya Hockey League (ZhHL) with Dinamo-Neva Saint Petersburg.
| Polina Bolgareva Полина Болгарева | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born |
6 February 1999 Balashikha, Moscow Oblast, Russia | |||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 65 kg (143 lb; 10 st 3 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Forward | |||||||||||||||||||
| Shoots | Right | |||||||||||||||||||
| ZhHL team Former teams |
Dinamo-Neva St. Petersburg SKIF Nizhny Novgorod | |||||||||||||||||||
| National team |
 Russia | |||||||||||||||||||
| Playing career | 2016–present | |||||||||||||||||||
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Bolgareva represented the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) in the women's ice hockey tournament at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing.[1]
Playing career edit
At age 17, Bolgareva made her ZhHL debut with SKIF Nizhny Novgorod in the 2016–17 season. After two and a half seasons with SKIF, she signed with Dinamo-Neva Saint Petersburg midway through the 2018–19 season. She is a two-time ZhHL All-Star selection.
International play edit
As a junior player with the Russian national under-18 team, Bolgareva participated at the IIHF U18 Women's World Championships in 2014, 2015, 2016, and 2017, winning bronze medals at the 2015 and 2017 tournaments.
She was a member of the Russian Olympic Committee team at the 2022 Winter Olympics and scored a hat-trick against Switzerland in the ROC's opening game of the group stage.[2] After testing positive for COVID-19 following the group stage match against Canada, Bolgareva did not appear in the final game of the group stage against Finland nor the quarterfinal rematch against Switzerland.[3]
References edit
- ^ "Beijing 2022 – Athletes: Polina BOLGAREVA, Ice Hockey". Olympics.com. Retrieved 15 February 2022.
- ^ Potts, Andy (5 February 2022). "Bolgareva's birthday bonus". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 14 February 2022.
- ^ "Following Canada's lead, Finnish team masks up for Olympic hockey game vs. ROC". CBC.ca. 8 February 2022. Retrieved 15 February 2022.
External links edit
- Biographical information and career statistics from Eliteprospects.com, or Eurohockey.com
- Polina Bolgareva at Olympedia
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