Polina Bolgareva

In this name that follows East Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Pavlovna and the family name is Bolgareva.

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.

Polina Bolgareva Полина Болгарева
Born	(1999-02-06) 6 February 1999 (age 26) 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 2015 United States 2017 Czech Republic

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]