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]
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| Personal information | |
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| Native name | Polina Gurýewa |
| National team | Turkmenistan |
| Born | 5 October 1999[1] Ashgabat, Turkmenistan |
| Years active | 2011–present |
| Sport | |
| Country | Turkmenistan |
| Sport | Weightlifting |
| Event(s) | 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 edit
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 edit
| 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 | 
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State awards edit
- Honored Master of Sports of Turkmenistan (August 21, 2021) [10]
References edit
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Weightlifting - Group A Results". 2020 Summer Olympics. Archived from the original on 2021-07-25. Retrieved 2021-07-27.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Тяжелоатлетка Полина Гурьева завоевала первую в истории Туркменистана олимпийскую медаль". Turkmenportal (in Russian). 27 July 2021.
- ^ "Turkmenistan wins first ever Olympic medal as Polina Guryeva takes home silver in weightlifting". sports.yahoo.com.
- ^ "Marat Niyazov". olympics.com.
- ^ "Un apartamento, un vehículo y 50.000 dólares para primera medallista olímpica de Turkmenistán". 21 August 2021.
- ^ a b "Тяжелоатлетка Полина Гурьева завоевала первую для Туркменистана медаль на Олимпийских играх". Туркменистан сегодня (in Russian). 27 July 2021.
- ^ "Polina Guryeva was awarded the honorary title of Honored Master of Sports of Turkmenistan | Society".
- ^ "Полине Гурьевой присвоено почётное звание заслуженного мастера спорта Туркменистана | Общество".