[1] At the 2003 European Athletics U23 Championships, Polukeyev competed in the 400 m and 4 × 400 m. He placed 5th in his 400 m heat but he did anchor the Russian 4 × 400 m team to the bronze medal.

He was replaced by Sergey Babayev in the finals where the Russian team won the silver medal behind Ukraine.

[1] In 2005, Polukeyev led off the Russian 4 × 400 m team at the European Indoor Championships, winning the bronze medal.

[4] After retiring in 2010, Polukeyev worked in the collateral expertise department of Sberbank, a Russian state-owned banking company.

Beginning in April 2019, Polukeyev worked in the administration of a settlement in his home town of Sosnovsky District, Chelyabinsk Oblast.