Liliana Cá

Liliana da Silva Cá[2] (born 5 November 1986) is a Portuguese athlete specialising in the discus throw.[3]

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is da Silva and the second or paternal family name is Cá.
Liliana Cá
Personal information
Full nameLiliana da Silva Cá
Born (1986-11-05) 5 November 1986
Barreiro, Portugal
Height1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Weight93 kg (205 lb)
Sport
SportAthletics
Event(s)Discus throw
Coached byHerédio Costa

Career

Cá won a silver medal at the 2018 Mediterranean Games. She had a five-year break in her career between 2013 and 2018 to raise children.[4]

Her personal best in the event is 66.40 metres set in Leiria in 2021,[5] a national record. On 27 February 2021, Liliana threw 65:10 m in a preparation test in Vagos and got the entry standard for the Tokyo Olympic Games. She holds the Portuguese record for the discus throw in front of Teresa Machado (65.40 m) in 1998 and Irina Rodrigues (63.96 m) in 2016.

Personal life

Born in Portugal, Cá is of Bissau-Guinean descent.[6]

International competitions
YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing  Portugal
2003 European Youth Olympic Festival Paris, France 1st Discus throw 47.53 m
2004 World Junior Championships Grosseto, Italy 21st (q) Discus throw 45.22 m
2005 European Junior Championships Kaunas, Lithuania 2nd Discus throw 49.69 m
2007 European U23 Championships Debrecen, Hungary 7th Discus throw 51.43 m
2010 Ibero-American Championships San Fernando, Spain 8th Discus throw 51.91 m
European Championships Barcelona, Spain 14th (q) Discus throw 55.47 m
2018 Mediterranean Games Tarragona, Spain 2nd Discus throw 60.05 m
European Championships Berlin, Germany 7th Discus throw 58.91 m
2019 World Championships Doha, Qatar 26th (q) Discus throw 54.31 m
2021 Olympic Games Tokyo, Japan 5th Discus throw 63.93 m
2022 Mediterranean Games Oran, Algeria 2nd Discus throw 63.62 m
World Championships Eugene, United States 6th Discus throw 63.99 m
European Championships Munich, Germany 5th Discus throw 63.67 m
2023 World Championships Budapest, Hungary 8th Discus throw 63.59 m

References
  1. "2018 Med Games bio". Archived from the original on 3 December 2018. Retrieved 8 July 2018.
  2. "Portugueses | Tóquio 2020". PÚBLICO.
  3. Liliana Cá at World Athletics
  4. "Jogos do Mediterrêneo: prata no disco é "tripla satisfação" para Liliana Cá" (in Portuguese). record.pt. 28 June 2018. Retrieved 8 July 2018.
  5. "Liliana Cá bate recorde nacional do lançamento do disco" (in Portuguese). publico.pt. Retrieved 6 March 2021.
  6. "Desporto - Atletismo: Liliana Cá, a paixão do disco". RFI. 8 October 2021.


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