1. Kamila Skolimowska 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.
15 Facts About Kamila Skolimowska
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Kamila Skolimowska died on 18 February 2009 in Vila Real de Santo Antonio, Portugal at the Polish national team training camp.
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Kamila Skolimowska's father is super heavyweight weightlifter Robert Skolimowski who competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics and won the bronze medal at the 1986 World Weightlifting Championships.
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Kamila Skolimowska was actually fourteen years and 264 days at the time, and had become Polish national champion and record holder the year before.
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Kamila Skolimowska improved her personal best to 66.62 metres in 1999.
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Kamila Skolimowska finished seventh at the 1998 European Championships, won the 1999 World Youth Championships and finished twenty-first at the 1999 World Championships.
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Kamila Skolimowska received the Polish Golden Cross of Merit for her achievement.
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Kamila Skolimowska did not set new national records in 2003 and 2004.
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Kamila Skolimowska again finished fifth at the 2004 World Athletics Final.
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In July 2005 Kamila Skolimowska improved her national record to 74.27 metres, the result being achieved in Madrid.
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In 2006 Kamila Skolimowska improved her national record again; to 75.29 as she won the 2006 World Cup meet in September in Athens.
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In 2007 Kamila Skolimowska improved with more than a metre, throwing 76.83 in May at the Super Grand Prix meet in Doha.
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Kamila Skolimowska finished fourth at both the 2007 World Championships and the 2007 World Athletics Final.
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Kamila Skolimowska died unexpectedly at the age of 26 during a training session in Portugal.
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The Kamila Skolimowska Memorial was established in the year of her death, initially as a hammer throw competition before evolving into an annual track and field event.