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—the ''shot''—as far as possible. The shot put competition for men has been a part of the modern Olympics since their revival in 1896, and women's ...

ter and discus thrower. At the 2016 African Championships she finished fourth in the

and ninth in the discus throw. At the

2017 Islamic Solidarity Games The 4th Islamic Solidarity Games was a multinational, multi-sport event that was held in Baku, Azerbaijan from 12 to 22 May 2017. Previously the event has been 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 ( pt, Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad ( pt, Jogos da XXXI Olimpíada) and also known as Rio 2016, was an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 20 ...

, 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.

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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 {{GuineaBissau-athletics-bio-stub 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