Jessica da Silva Inchude (born 25 March 1996) is a Bissau-Guinea-born Portuguese

shot put The shot put is a track-and-field event involving "putting" (throwing) a heavy spherical Ball (sports), ball—the ''shot''—as far as possible. For men, the sport has been a part of the Olympic Games, modern Olympics since their 1896 Summer Olym ...

ter and

discus throw The discus throw (), also known as disc throw, is a track and field sport in which the participant athlete throws an oblate spheroid weight (object), weight called a discus in an attempt to mark a further distance than other competitors. It is a ...

er. At the 2016 African Championships she finished fourth in the

and ninth in the

. At the

2017 Islamic Solidarity Games The 4th Islamic Solidarity Games () was a multinational, multi-sport event that was held in Baku, Azerbaijan, from May 12 to 22, 2017. Previously, the event was held in Saudi Arabia in 2005 and Indonesia in 2013. The second event, originally sch ...

she won the gold medal in the discus and finished fourth in the shot put. She competed in the women's shot put event at the

2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad () and officially branded as Rio 2016, were an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with preliminary events i ...

for

Guinea-Bissau Guinea-Bissau, officially the Republic of Guinea-Bissau, is a country in West Africa that covers with an estimated population of 2,026,778. It borders Senegal to Guinea-Bissau–Senegal border, its north and Guinea to Guinea–Guinea-Bissau b ...

, where she finished 36th with a distance of 15.15 metres. She did not advance to the final. She also competed at the 2017 World Championships without reaching the final. She competed in the women's shot put event at the

2024 Summer Olympics The 2024 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad () and branded as Paris 2024, were an international multi-sport event held in France from 26 July to 11 August 2024, with several events started from 24 July. P ...

, this time for

Portugal Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic, is a country on the Iberian Peninsula in Southwestern Europe. Featuring Cabo da Roca, the westernmost point in continental Europe, Portugal borders Spain to its north and east, with which it share ...

, where she advanced to the final and finished 8th.

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* 1996 births Living people African Games competitors for Guinea-Bissau Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2019 African Games Bissau-Guinean discus throwers Bissau-Guinean female athletes Bissau-Guinean shot putters Olympic athletes for Guinea-Bissau Olympic athletes for Portugal Place of birth missing (living people) Portuguese female discus throwers Portuguese female athletes Portuguese shot putters Portuguese sportspeople of Bissau-Guinean descent World Athletics Championships athletes for Portugal World Athletics Championships athletes for Guinea-Bissau Islamic Solidarity Games gold medalists Athletes (track and field) at the 2024 Summer Olympics 21st-century Portuguese sportswomen {{GuineaBissau-athletics-bio-stub