Kamila Sellier

Kamila Sellier
Personal information
Born (2000-04-12) 12 April 2000
Elbląg, Poland
Sport
CountryPoland
SportShort-track speed skating
Medal record
Women's short-track speed skating
Representing  Poland
World Championships
2025 Beijing 3000 m relay
2025 Beijing 2000 m mixed relay
European Championships
2024 Gdańsk 2000 m mixed relay
2026 Tilburg 2000 m mixed relay
2025 Dresden 3000 m relay
2025 Dresden 2000 m mixed relay
European Youth Olympics
2017 Erzurum 1000 m
2017 Erzurum mixed relay

Kamila Sellier (née Stormowska; born 12 April 2000) is a Polish short-track speed skater. She is a two-time World Championship medalist and a four-time European Championship medalist.

Career

Sellier made her World Cup debut in October 2015 in Calgary.[1] At the 2017 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival in Erzurum, she won a gold medal in the 1000 meters and silver in the mixed relay.[2] That same year, she was one of five athletes nominated for the Piotr Nurowski Award for the best young athlete in Europe, awarded by the Association of European Olympic Committees.[3] On 16 February 2020, in Dordrecht, she stood on the podium in a World Cup competition for the first time, taking third place in the 500 meters.[4] On 14 January 2024, Sellier, together with Nikola Mazur, Diané Sellier, and Michał Niewiński, won a silver medal in the 2000m at the European Short Track Speed Skating Championships.[5][6]

In January 2026, Sellier competed at the 2026 European Short Track Speed Skating Championships and won a silver medal in the 2000 metre mixed relay.[7] She was subsequently selected to represent Poland at the 2026 Winter Olympics.[8] On 20 February during the Winter Olympics at the Milano Ice Skating Arena, Sellier was immobilized on a stretcher and wheeled out of the arena after a competitor's blade sliced her below her left eye during the 1,500 meters. She received stitches at the arena before going to the hospital for more tests.[9] Sellier was forced to undergo facial surgery as a result of the crash.[10]

Personal life

In 2025, she married French short track speed skater, Diané Sellier.[11][12]

References

  1. ^ "XIII Zimowy EYOF - Erzurum 2017". olimpijski.pl (in Polish). Archived from the original on 24 December 2019. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
  2. ^ "Kamila Stormowska wśród najlepszych młodych sportowców". olimpijski.pl (in Polish). 25 May 2017. Archived from the original on 1 December 2018. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
  3. ^ "Kamila Stormowska wśród najlepszych młodych sportowców". olimpijski.pl (in Polish). 25 May 2017. Archived from the original on 1 December 2018. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
  4. ^ "PŚ: życiowy wynik Stormowskiej, pech Maliszewskiej". sport.onet.pl (in Polish). 16 February 2020. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
  5. ^ "Dwa medale Polaków na zakończenie mistrzostw Europy w short tracku | Gotowi na Sport" (in Polish). 14 January 2024. Retrieved 17 January 2024.
  6. ^ "| Żołnierskie sukcesy na lodzie i szermierczej planszy" (in Polish). Archived from the original on 29 February 2024. Retrieved 27 July 2024.
  7. ^ "Poland take silver in European short track mixed relay". polskieradio.pl. 18 January 2026. Retrieved 13 February 2026.
  8. ^ "Poland names squad for Milan-Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics". polskieradio.pl. 19 January 2026. Retrieved 13 February 2026.
  9. ^ Press, Associated (20 February 2026). "Blade slices over Sellier's eye in Olympic speedskating 1500". ESPN.com. Retrieved 21 February 2026.
  10. ^ "Polish skater has facial surgery after short track crash". BBC Sport. BBC. Retrieved 21 February 2026.
  11. ^ "Miłość rozpalona na lodowym torze. Po medalach czas na ślubne obrączki Kamili i Diane'a" (in Polish). Radio Gdansk. 26 March 2025.
  12. ^ "Mamy kolejne sportowe małżeństwo. Reprezentaci Polski powiedzieli sobie "tak"". wiadomosci.radiozet.pl (in Polish). 6 May 2025. Archived from the original on 28 October 2025. Retrieved 21 February 2026.
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