Kamila Lićwinko

Kamila Lićwinko
	Lićwinko in 2016
Personal information
Birth name	Kamila Stepaniuk
Born	22 March 1986 (age 38); Bielsk Podlaski, Poland
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	66 kg (146 lb)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event	High jump
College team	College of Physical Education and Tourism in Białystok
Club	Podlasie Białystok
Coached by	Janusz Kuczyński (–2011); Michał Lićwinko (2011–)
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing Poland
World Championships
World Indoor Championships
European Indoor Championships
European Team Championships
Summer Universiade

Kamila Lićwinko (née Stepaniuk; born 22 March 1986) is a Polish retired track and field athlete who specialized in the high jump.

International edit

Her personal bests in the event are 1.99 metres outdoors (2013, 2015, 2016) and 2.02 metres indoors (2015). Both are current Polish national records. She won the gold medal at the 2014 World Indoor Championship ex aequo with Mariya Kuchina.^[1]

In 2015, the Pole finished 4th at the World Championships with a 1.99 m's jump, equalling her own-shared national record. Mariya Kuchina of Russia took the gold (2.01 m), Croatia's Blanka Vlašić the silver (2.01 m) and Kuchina's compatriot Anna Chicherova the bronze (2.01 m).

In March 2016, she could not retain her world indoor title, taking the bronze medal on countback in Portland behind Vashti Cunningham (gold) and Ruth Beitia (silver). On 18 June, Kamila Lićwinko jumped a new World Lead of 1.99 m (=NR) in Szczecin, before failing three time at 2.01 m.

As the captain of the Polish team, she received the gold medal at 2021 European Athletics Team Championships.

Competition record edit

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Notes
Representing Poland
2005	European Junior Championships	Kaunas, Lithuania	8th	1.82 m
2007	European U23 Championships	Debrecen, Hungary	4th	1.86 m
2009	European Indoor Championships	Turin, Italy	8th	1.92 m
	Universiade	Belgrade, Serbia	4th	1.88 m
	World Championships	Berlin, Germany	16th (q)	1.92 m
2013	European Indoor Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	17th (q)	1.85 m
	Universiade	Kazan, Russia	1st	1.96 m
	World Championships	Moscow, Russia	7th	1.93 m
2014	World Indoor Championships	Sopot, Poland	1st	2.00 m
2014	European Championships	Zürich, Switzerland	9th	1.90 m
2015	European Indoor Championships	Prague, Czech Republic	3rd	1.94 m
2015	World Championships	Beijing, China	4th	1.99 m
2016	World Indoor Championships	Portland, United States	3rd	1.96 m
2016	Olympic Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	9th	1.93 m
2017	European Indoor Championships	Belgrade, Serbia	9th (q)	1.86 m
2017	World Championships	London, United Kingdom	3rd	1.99 m
2019	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	5th	1.98 m
2021	European Team Championships	Chorzów, Poland	1st	1.94 m
2021	Olympic Games	Tokyo, Japan	11th	1.93 m

Personal life edit

In 2013 she married Michał Lićwinko, who is also her coach. On 12 February 2015, she was awarded the Golden Cross of Merit by President Bronisław Komorowski. In February 2018 she announced her career suspension because of pregnancy.^[2]

State awards edit

2015 Gold Cross of Merit

References edit

^ Kacper Suchecki, Tadeusz Kądziela (8 March 2014). "Kamila Lićwinko mistrzynią świata! "Poprosiłam sędziego o uznanie ex-aequo"". sport.pl. Retrieved 2 March 2018.
^ "Kamila Lićwinko zawiesza karierę z powodu ciąży". interia.pl. 22 February 2018. Retrieved 2 March 2018.

External links edit

Kamila Lićwinko at World Athletics
Kamila Lićwinko at European Athletics
Kamila Lićwinko at the Polski Związek Lekkiej Atletyki (in Polish)
Kamila Lićwinko at Olympedia
Kamila Lićwinko at Olympics.com
Kamila Lićwinko at the Polski Komitet Olimpijski (archive) (in Polish)

[1] Kacper Suchecki, Tadeusz Kądziela (8 March 2014). "Kamila Lićwinko mistrzynią świata! "Poprosiłam sędziego o uznanie ex-aequo"". sport.pl. Retrieved 2 March 2018.

[2] "Kamila Lićwinko zawiesza karierę z powodu ciąży". interia.pl. 22 February 2018. Retrieved 2 March 2018.

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