Liliana Chalá

Elsa Liliana Chalá Mejía (born June 7, 1965) is a retired female track and field athlete from Ecuador, who competed in the 400 m hurdling and sprints events.

Liliana Chalá

Personal information
Full name	Elsa Liliana Chalá Mejía
Born	(1965-06-07) June 7, 1965
Sport
Country	Ecuador
Sport	Women's Athletics
Medal record Athletics Representing  Ecuador South American Games 1986 Santiago 200 m 1986 Santiago 400 m 1986 Santiago 400 m hurdles 1990 Lima 400 m hurdles 1990 Lima 4x400 m relay Bolivarian Games 1993 Cochabamba 400 m hurdles

This article uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Chalá and the second or maternal family name is Mejía.

She represented her native country twice at the Summer Olympics: 1988 and 1992.

She set a personal best of 23.74 seconds in the 200 Metres at an event in São Paulo on October 9, 1987.[1]

International competitions

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  Ecuador
1985	South American Championships	Santiago, Chile	3rd	200 m	24.26
1986	Ibero-American Championships	La Habana, Cuba	3rd	200m	24.15 w (wind: +2.1 m/s)
			4th	400m	54.79
	South American Games	Santiago, Chile	1st	200 m	24.01
			1st	400 m	54.47
			1st	400 m hurdles	58.64
1987	South American Championships	São Paulo, Brazil	2nd	200 m	23.74
			1st	400 m	52.9 CR
			1st	400 m hurdles	58.46 CR
	Pan American Games	Indianapolis, United States	5th	400 m hurdles	57.13
			5th	4 × 400 m relay	3:49.74
1988	Ibero-American Championships	Ciudad de México, México	4th (h)	200 m	25.2 (ht) (wind: +0.0 m/s) A
			6th	400 m	54.49 A
			2nd	400 m hurdles	57.12 A
1989	South American Championships	Medellín, Colombia	1st	400 m hurdles	57.68 A CR
	World Cup	Barcelona, Spain	7th	400 m hurdles	59.00^1
1990	Ibero-American Championships	Manaus, Brazil	7th	200 m	25.21 (wind: -0.1 m/s)
			1st	400 m hurdles	58.31
	South American Games	Lima, Peru	1st	400 m hurdles	59.8
			3rd	4 × 400 m relay
1991	South American Championships	Manaus, Brazil	1st	400 m hurdles	57.16 CR
1992	Ibero-American Championships	Seville, Spain	4th (h)	400 m hurdles	1:01.80
1993	Bolivarian Games	Cochabamba, Bolivia	1st	400 m hurdles	58.44 A

¹Representing the Americas

References

1. http://www.iaaf.org/athletes/ecuador/liliana-chala-60291#personal-bests

• Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Liliana Chalá". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.