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Kamila Skolimowska

1982 - 2009

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Kamila Skolimowska (4 November 1982 – 18 February 2009) was a Polish hammer thrower. She is best known for her gold medal in the Sydney 2000 Summer Olympics, which made her the youngest Olympic hammer champion, as well as for her two medals from the European Championships. Her personal best throw, and former Polish record, was 76.83 metres, achieved in May 2007 in Doha. She died on 18 February 2009 in Vila Real de Santo António, Portugal at the Polish national team training camp. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Kamila Skolimowska is the 3,488th most popular athlete (down from 3,303rd in 2019), the 1,438th most popular biography from Poland (up from 1,459th in 2019) and the 73rd most popular Polish Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Kamila Skolimowska ranks 3,488 out of 6,025. Before her are Stefan Kretzschmar, Ferguson Rotich, Robbie Brightwell, Michiel Bartman, Patrick Makau Musyoki, and Wang Zheng. After her are Genzebe Dibaba, Prapawadee Jaroenrattanatarakoon, John Disley, Felix Gottwald, Vita Pavlysh, and Glynis Nunn.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1982, Kamila Skolimowska ranks 597. Before her are Rickie Lambert, Sofia Jannok, Steve Guerdat, Zhang Xiaoping, Mickaël Piétrus, and Keny Arkana. After her are Christina Stürmer, Malcolm Goodwin, Devin Hester, Marian Oprea, Victor Khryapa, and Ayanda Denge. Among people deceased in 2009, Kamila Skolimowska ranks 427. Before her are Antonio de Nigris, Vishnuvardhan, Abrar Alvi, Vic Chesnutt, Karine Ruby, and Griffin Bell. After her are Don Hewitt, Claiborne Pell, Jocelyn Quivrin, Delara Darabi, Andriy Fedchuk, and Yasmine Belmadi.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Kamila Skolimowska ranks 1,438 out of 1,694. Before her are Adrian Mierzejewski (1986), Daria Werbowy (1983), Jakub Moder (1999), Marek Saganowski (1978), Paweł Brożek (1983), and Wojciech Kowalczyk (1972). After her are Cezary Kucharski (1972), Radosław Majdan (1972), Iwona Marcinkiewicz (1975), Natalia Avelon (1980), Ewa Sonnet (1985), and Monika Soćko (1978).

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Among ATHLETES In Poland

Among athletes born in Poland, Kamila Skolimowska ranks 73. Before her are Włodzimierz Zawadzki (1967), Urszula Kielan (1960), Bogdan Musioł (1957), Artur Partyka (1969), Tomasz Sikora (1973), and Tomasz Majewski (1981). After her are Olena Pidhrushna (1987), Ewa Swoboda (1997), Anna Rogowska (1981), Szymon Ziółkowski (1976), Wojciech Nowicki (1989), and Jason Rogers (null).

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