Liliana Cá

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is da Silva and the second or paternal family name is Cá.

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]

Liliana Cá

Liliana Cá at the 2024 Bislett Games
Personal information
Full name	Liliana da Silva Cá
Born	(1986-11-05) 5 November 1986 (age 38) Barreiro, Portugal
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 Women's athletics Representing  Portugal European Championships 2024 Rome Discus throw European Throwing Cup 2025 Nicosia Discus Throw

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]

International competitions

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Notes
Representing  Portugal
2003	European Youth Olympic Festival	Paris, France	1st	47.53 m
2004	World Junior Championships	Grosseto, Italy	21st (q)	45.22 m
2005	European Junior Championships	Kaunas, Lithuania	2nd	49.69 m
2007	European U23 Championships	Debrecen, Hungary	7th	51.43 m
2010	Ibero-American Championships	San Fernando, Spain	8th	51.91 m
	European Championships	Barcelona, Spain	14th (q)	55.47 m
2018	Mediterranean Games	Tarragona, Spain	2nd	60.05 m
	European Championships	Berlin, Germany	7th	58.91 m
2019	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	26th (q)	54.31 m
2021	Olympic Games	Tokyo, Japan	5th	63.93 m
2022	Mediterranean Games	Oran, Algeria	2nd	63.62 m
	World Championships	Eugene, United States	6th	63.99 m
	European Championships	Munich, Germany	5th	63.67 m
2023	World Championships	Budapest, Hungary	8th	63.59 m
2024	European Championships	Rome, Italy	3th	64.53 m[8]
	Olympic Games	Paris, France	14th (q)	62.43 m