Liliana da Silva Cá (born 5 November 1986) is a Portuguese athlete specialising in the discus throw. At club level she represents Sporting Lisbon.
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.
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 (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 Representing 2003European Youth Olympic FestivalParis, France1st47.53 m2004World Junior ChampionshipsGrosseto, Italy21st (q)45.22 m2005European Junior ChampionshipsKaunas, Lithuania2nd49.69 m2007European U23 ChampionshipsDebrecen, Hungary7th51.43 m2010Ibero-American ChampionshipsSan Fernando, Spain8th51.91 mEuropean ChampionshipsBarcelona, Spain14th (q)55.47 m2018Mediterranean GamesTarragona, Spain2nd60.05 mEuropean ChampionshipsBerlin, Germany7th58.91 m2019World ChampionshipsDoha, Qatar26th (q)54.31 m2021Olympic GamesTokyo, Japan5th63.93 m2022Mediterranean GamesOran, Algeria2nd63.62 mWorld ChampionshipsEugene, United States6th63.99 mEuropean ChampionshipsMunich, Germany5th63.67 m2023World ChampionshipsBudapest, Hungary8th63.59 m2024European ChampionshipsRome, Italy3rd64.53 mOlympic GamesParis, France14th (q)62.43 m2025World ChampionshipsTokyo, Japan16th (q)59.79 m2026European ChampionshipsBirmingham, United Kingdom8th60.87 m
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