Polina Bolgareva
Полина Болгарева
Born (1999-02-06) 6 February 1999
Balashikha, Moscow Oblast, Russia
Height 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight 65 kg (143 lb; 10 st 3 lb)
Position Forward
Shoots Right
ZhHL team
Former teams		 Dinamo-Neva St. Petersburg
SKIF Nizhny Novgorod
National team  Russia
Playing career 2016–present
Medal record
Women's ice hockey
Representing  Russia
U18 World Championships
Bronze medal – third place2015 United States
Bronze medal – third place2017 Czech Republic

Polina Pavlovna Bolgareva (Russian: Полина Павловна Болгарева; born 6 February 1999) is a Russian ice hockey forward and member of the Russian national ice hockey team, currently playing in the Zhenskaya Hockey League (ZhHL) with Dinamo-Neva Saint Petersburg.

Bolgareva represented the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) in the women's ice hockey tournament at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing.[1]

Playing career

At age 17, Bolgareva made her ZhHL debut with SKIF Nizhny Novgorod in the 2016–17 season. After two and a half seasons with SKIF, she signed with Dinamo-Neva Saint Petersburg midway through the 2018–19 season. She is a two-time ZhHL All-Star selection.

International play

As a junior player with the Russian national under-18 team, Bolgareva participated at the IIHF U18 Women's World Championships in 2014, 2015, 2016, and 2017, winning bronze medals at the 2015 and 2017 tournaments.

She was a member of the Russian Olympic Committee team at the 2022 Winter Olympics and scored a hat-trick against Switzerland in the ROC's opening game of the group stage.[2] After testing positive for COVID-19 following the group stage match against Canada, Bolgareva did not appear in the final game of the group stage against Finland nor the quarterfinal rematch against Switzerland.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Beijing 2022 – Athletes: Polina BOLGAREVA, Ice Hockey". Olympics.com. Retrieved 15 February 2022.
  2. ↑ Potts, Andy (5 February 2022). "Bolgareva's birthday bonus". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 14 February 2022.
  3. ↑ "Following Canada's lead, Finnish team masks up for Olympic hockey game vs. ROC". CBC.ca. 8 February 2022. Retrieved 15 February 2022.
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