Olesya Gureeva

Olesya Gureeva, born in 1980, is an Uzbekistani athlete who competes in mass wrestling, powerlifting and strongwoman events and is also described as a bodybuilder. She began her strongwoman career in 2012 at the National Championships of Uzbekistan, and her first international event was the first Mas-Wrestling World Championship, held in Russia. She won gold in the Mas-Wrestling World Absolute Championship at the Arnold Sports Festival in Columbus, Ohio, in 2017 and 2018 and again in 2022, and her article calls her the first female winner at the Arnold Sports festivals from Central Asia. She is also a three-time silver and two-time bronze medalist at world championships.