Polina Guryeva
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]
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 .[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 | ||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | |||||
Olympic Games | ||||||||||||
2021 | ![]() |
59 kg | 93 | 96 | 96 | 116 | 119 | 121 | 121 | 217 | ![]() |
State awards[]
- Honored Master of Sports of Turkmenistan (August 21, 2021) [10]
References[]
- ^ "Weightlifting GURYEVA Polina - Tokyo 2020 Olympics". ..
- ^ "Weightlifting - Group A Results". 2020 Summer Olympics.
- ^ "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".
- Living people
- Turkmenistan female weightlifters
- Olympic weightlifters of Turkmenistan
- 1999 births
- Turkmenistan people of Russian descent
- Weightlifters at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Olympic silver medalists for Turkmenistan
- Olympic medalists in weightlifting
- Sportspeople from Ashgabat