Personal information | |
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Native name | Polina Gurýewa |
National team | Turkmenistan |
Born | [1] Ashgabat, Turkmenistan | 5 October 1999
Years active | 2011–present |
Sport | |
Country | Turkmenistan |
Sport | Weightlifting |
Event(s) | 63 kg (2017), 59 kg (2020–) |
Team | National team |
Medal record |
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).