Robert Skolimowski (born 14 August 1956) is a Polish

weightlifter Olympic weightlifting, or Olympic-style weightlifting (officially named Weightlifting), is a sport in which athletes compete in lifting a barbell loaded with weight plates from the ground to overhead, with each athlete trying to successfully lift ...

. He competed in the men's super heavyweight event at the

1980 Summer Olympics The 1980 Summer Olympics (russian: Летние Олимпийские игры 1980, Letniye Olimpiyskiye igry 1980), officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad (russian: Игры XXII Олимпиады, Igry XXII Olimpiady) and commo ...

. He is the father of

Kamila Skolimowska 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 fr ...

(1982–2009), Olympic gold medal-winning

hammer thrower The hammer throw is one of the four throwing events in regular track and field competitions, along with the discus throw, shot put and javelin. The "hammer" used in this sport is not like any of the tools also called by that name. It consists ...

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1956 births Living people Polish male weightlifters Olympic weightlifters for Poland Weightlifters at the 1980 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Warsaw World Weightlifting Championships medalists 20th-century Polish sportspeople 21st-century Polish sportspeople Goodwill Games medalists in weightlifting Competitors at the 1986 Goodwill Games Friendship Games medalists in weightlifting {{Poland-weightlifting-bio-stub