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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 35 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2024). Kamila Skolimowska is the 3,606th most popular athlete (down from 3,259th in 2024), the 1,462nd most popular biography from Poland (down from 1,459th in 2019) and the 76th most popular Polish Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Kamila Skolimowska ranks 3,606 out of 6,025. Before her are Robbie Brightwell, Michiel Bartman, Jyrki Järvi, Patrick Makau Musyoki, Wang Zheng, and Susan Lee. After her are Genzebe Dibaba, Prapawadee Jaroenrattanatarakoon, John Disley, Ma Xiangjun, Felix Gottwald, and Vita Pavlysh.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1982, Kamila Skolimowska ranks 615. 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, Han Chae-ah, Marian Oprea, and Victor Khryapa. Among people deceased in 2009, Kamila Skolimowska ranks 435. Before her are Vishnuvardhan, Abrar Alvi, Vic Chesnutt, Karine Ruby, Murder of Marwa El-Sherbini, and Griffin Bell. After her are Don Hewitt, Claiborne Pell, Jocelyn Quivrin, Delara Darabi, Andrei Ivanov, and Andriy Fedchuk.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Kamila Skolimowska ranks 1,462 out of 1,694. Before her are Piotr Kiełpikowski (1962), Wojciech Kowalczyk (1972), Maja Ostaszewska (1972), Dariusz Kubicki (1963), Tomasz Kot (1977), and Mariusz Szczygieł (1966). 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 76. Before her are Bogdan Musioł (1957), Artur Partyka (1969), Tomasz Sikora (1973), Tomasz Majewski (1981), Renata Nielsen (1966), and Piotr Kiełpikowski (1962). After her are Ryszard Sobczak (1967), Olena Pidhrushna (1987), Ewa Swoboda (1997), Renata Mauer (1969), Anna Rogowska (1981), and Adam Krzesiński (1965).

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