LICWINKO Kamila

General
RETIREMENT PLAN
She says she will retire from competitive athletics after the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. "If the Games had not been postponed, I would have already retired, but COVID-19 completely changed my plans. In Tokyo I will have a chance to take revenge for the 2016 Games. There won't be any changes of plans. My husband, Michal, told me that even if I mention returning to the sport, he will completely forbid me from it. My farewell will be in Tokyo." (bielsk.eu, 06 Mar 2021; tvn24.pl, 31 Dec 2020)

RETURN TO SPORT
After giving birth to her daughter Hanna in September 2018, she began training again in December that year, and returned to competition in mid-2019. She said her fifth-place finish at the 2019 World Championships in Doha, Qatar, was a "victory" considering her time away from the sport. "It's been a long journey, anyone who is a parent knows what I'm talking about, trying to work and raise a child. Under these circumstances, having trained so little in 2019, jumping 1.98m and finishing fifth at the world championships was a victory. My husband says it's my personal best as a mother. I didn't think coming back to sport would be so hard. It's difficult to take care of everything, but fortunately Michal [husband and coach] helps a lot. We can all be together at competitions, camps and training. If not for him, my comeback might not have been possible." (kierunektokio.pl, 01 Jul 2019; sport.pl, 30 Sep 2019)

FURTHER EDUCATION
She has studied land management at the University of Finance and Management in Bialystok, Poland. (Facebook profile, 30 Jan 2020)

She became the first Polish athlete to win a gold medal in high jump at the world indoor championships when she claimed victory at the 2014 edition in Sopot, Poland. (SportsDeskOnline, 10 Feb 2020)