Kamila Lićwinko

Kamila Lićwinko

Lićwinko in 2016

Personal information

Birth name

Kamila Stepaniuk

Born

22 March 1986 (age 37)
Bielsk Podlaski, Poland

Height

1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)

Weight

66 kg (146 lb)

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
	2017 London	High jump
World Indoor Championships
	2014 Sopot	High jump
	2016 Portland	High jump
European Indoor Championships
	2015 Prague	High jump
European Team Championships
	2021 Chorzów	high jump
	2013 Gateshead	high jump
	2014 Braunschweig	high jump
	2015 Cheboksary	high jump
Summer Universiade
	2013 Kazan	High jump

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

International

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

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

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]