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Liliana Cá

Liliana Cá

Portuguese discus thrower (born 1986)

Liliana da Silva Cá[2] (born 5 November 1986) is a Portuguese athlete specialising in the discus throw.[3]

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is da Silva and the second or paternal family name is Cá.
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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.[4]

Her personal best in the event is 66.40 metres set in Leiria in 2021,[5] 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 in Portugal, Cá is of Bissau-Guinean descent.[6]

International competitions

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References

  1. [1]
    "2018 Med Games bio". Archived from the original on 3 December 2018. Retrieved 8 July 2018.
  2. [2]
    "Portugueses | Tóquio 2020". PÚBLICO.
  3. [3]
    Liliana Cá at World Athletics Edit this at Wikidata
  4. [4]
    "Jogos do Mediterrêneo: prata no disco é "tripla satisfação" para Liliana Cá" (in Portuguese). record.pt. 28 June 2018. Retrieved 8 July 2018.
  5. [5]
    "Liliana Cá bate recorde nacional do lançamento do disco" (in Portuguese). publico.pt. Retrieved 6 March 2021.
  6. [6]
    "Desporto - Atletismo: Liliana Cá, a paixão do disco". RFI. 8 October 2021.


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