Polina Aleksandrovna Guryeva ( tk, Polina Aleksandrowna Gurýewa, russian: Полина Александровна Гурьева, born 5 October 1999) is a

Turkmenistan Turkmenistan ( or ; tk, Türkmenistan / Түркменистан, ) is a country located in Central Asia, bordered by Kazakhstan to the northwest, Uzbekistan to the north, east and northeast, Afghanistan to the southeast, Iran to the sout ...

i weightlifter. She competed at the

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held in Tokyo in 2021 and won a silver medal in the women's 59 kg competition. This was the first ever Olympic medal for Turkmenistan. 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) and

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(an ethnic Turkmen who represents Turkey).

Early life

Guryeva was born on 5 October 1999 in

Ashgabat Ashgabat or Asgabat ( tk, Aşgabat, ; fa, عشق‌آباد, translit='Ešqābād, formerly named Poltoratsk ( rus, Полтора́цк, p=pəltɐˈratsk) between 1919 and 1927), is the capital and the largest city of Turkmenistan. It lies ...

. She is ethnic Russian. She started to do artistic gymnastics in 2011 in Ashgabat, and eventually moved to weightlifting. 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. For winning the first Olympic medal, the Turkmen State presented Polina Guryeva with a

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Sport Plus car and a new three-room apartment and 50 thousand US dollars.

Major results

State awards

* Honored Master of Sports of Turkmenistan (August 21, 2021)

References

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