She was a three-time representative of her native country at the World Championships in Athletics, featuring in 1993, 1995 and 1997, and making the final on the latter two occasions.
[4] Gureyeva was a four-time national champion, winning at the Belarus Athletics Championships in 1995, 1997 and 1999, and indoors in 2002.
[5] Born in Voronezh Oblast, she was invited to try out for athletics by a local coach, Alexander Sinkevich.
She studied sports at university and joined with the main coach of her career, Valery Bunin, in 1987.
Following her retirement from competitive athletics, she continued in the sports field as a professor at the Belarusian State University of Physical Training.