Polina Aleksandrovna Guryeva (, , born 5 October 1999) is a

Turkmenistan Turkmenistan is a landlocked country in Central Asia bordered by Kazakhstan to the northwest, Uzbekistan to the north, east and northeast, Afghanistan to the southeast, Iran to the south and southwest and the Caspian Sea to the west. Ash ...

i weightlifter. She competed at the

2020 Summer Olympics The officially the and officially branded as were an international multi-sport event that was held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some of the preliminary sporting events beginning on 21 July 2021. Tokyo ...

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

Daniyar İsmayilov Daniyar Ismayilov (born 3 February 1992) is a Turkmen weightlifter currently competing for Turkey. He competed for Turkmenistan at the 2012 Summer Olympics. He competed for Turkey at 2016 Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics (), officially t ...

(an ethnic Turkmen who represents Turkey).

Early life

Guryeva was born on 5 October 1999 in

Ashgabat Ashgabat (Turkmen language, Turkmen: ''Aşgabat'') is the capital city, capital and largest city of Turkmenistan. It lies between the Karakum Desert and the Kopet Dag, Kopetdag mountain range in Central Asia, approximately 50 km (30 ...

. 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 Lexus LX570 Sport Plus car, a new three-room apartment and 50 thousand US dollars.

Major results

State awards

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

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Guryeva, Polina Living people Turkmenistan female weightlifters Olympic weightlifters for 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 Islamic Solidarity Games medalists in weightlifting Islamic Solidarity Games gold medalists for Turkmenistan