Liliana Cá
Portuguese discus thrower (born 1986)
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Liliana da Silva Cá[2] (born 5 November 1986) is a Portuguese athlete specialising in the discus throw.[3] At club level she represents Sporting Lisbon.[4]
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Liliana Cá at the 2024 Bislett Games | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Liliana da Silva Cá | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 5 November 1986 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 93 kg (205 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Discus throw | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Herédio Costa | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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.[5]
Her personal best in the event is 66.40 metres set in Leiria in 2021,[6] 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.[citation needed]
Personal life
Born and raised in Portugal, Cá is of Bissau-Guinean descent.[7]
