Liliana da Silva Cá (born 5 November 1986) is a Portuguese athlete specialising in the

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 ...

. At club level she represents

Sporting Lisbon Sporting Clube de Portugal (), otherwise referred to as Sporting CP or simply Sporting (particularly within Portugal), or as Sporting Lisbon in other countries,

Career

Cá won a silver medal at the

2018 Mediterranean Games The 2018 Mediterranean Games (, ), officially known as the XVIII Mediterranean Games (, ) and commonly known as Tarragona 2018, was an international multi-sport event held from 22 June to 1 July 2018 in Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain. Tarragona was ...

. She had a five-year break in her career between 2013 and 2018 to raise children. Her personal best in the event is 66.40 metres set in Leiria in 2021, 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 Teresa Machado (22 July 1969 – 28 February 2020) was a Portuguese discus thrower and shot putter. Her personal best discus throw was 65.40 metres, achieved in May 1998 in São Jacinto (parish), São Jacinto. Competition record External link ...

(65.40 m) in 1998 and Irina Rodrigues (63.96 m) in 2016.

Personal life

Born and raised in Portugal, Cá is of Bissau-Guinean descent.

International competitions

References

1986 births Sportspeople from Barreiro, Portugal Living people Portuguese female discus throwers S.L. Benfica athletes Mediterranean Games silver medalists for Portugal Mediterranean Games medalists in athletics Black Portuguese sportspeople Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 Mediterranean Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Portugal Athletes (track and field) at the 2022 Mediterranean Games 21st-century Portuguese sportswomen World Athletics Championships athletes for Portugal Portuguese sportspeople of Bissau-Guinean descent Athletes (track and field) at the 2023 European Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2024 Summer Olympics {{Portugal-athletics-bio-stub