She died on 18 February 2009 in Vila Real de Santo António, Portugal at the Polish national team training camp.

Gold medal favourite Mihaela Melinte was disqualified shortly before the start of the qualifying round for failing a drugs test.

Throwing 72.46 metres to take the silver medal behind Olga Kuzenkova, she almost improved on her 72.60 result achieved in June in Bydgoszcz.

In the final round of the hammer throw at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens she recorded a season best of 72.57 metres, placing fifth overall in the event.

The record crowned a successful year, with a bronze medal at the 2006 European Championships and a second place at the 2006 World Athletics Final earlier in the season.

In the Olympic competition, she did progress from the qualifying round, but failed to register a valid mark in the final, thus finishing unplaced.

[7] 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.