Polina Gurýewa

Polina Aleksandrovna Guryeva (, , 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. 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 (an ethnic Turkmen who represents Turkey).

Early life Guryeva was born on 5 October 1999 in Ashgabat. 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.

Major results 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 95 96 3 116 119 121 2 217

State awards Honored Master of Sports of Turkmenistan (August 21, 2021)