Ana Luiza Caetano


Ana Luiza Sliachticas Caetano is a Brazilian archer who competes in recurve events. She is a three-times winner of the. She is also a published writer.

Early life

Her first love was sailing which she practiced since she was 7 years old, until she started archery in 2014, through a project to encourage the sport in her city of Maricá, Rio de Janeiro.

Career

In May 2018, she qualified for the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics during the continental qualifying tournament, in Guatemala City, by getting the gold in the girl's individual event. At the Youth Olympics, in Buenos Aires, she participated in the mixed team and girls' individual events.
She competed in the 2019 Pan American Games, participating in the women's individual recurve and the women's team recurve.
She won bronze in the individual and gold in the women's team event at the 2022 South American Games. She won a bronze medal at the 2022 Archery World Cup alongside Marcus D'Almeida in the recurve mixed team, beating 2021 Tokyo Olympic winning duo of An San and Kim Je-deok for bronze.
She won gold in the mixed team with Marcus D'Almeida at the 2024 Pan American Archery Championships in Medellín in April 2024. She won bronze with the women’s team at the same Championships.
She was selected for the 2024 Paris Olympics to compete in the individual event as well as the mixed team with Marcus D'Almeida. After the individual ranking round, she ranked 19th, but progressed to the round of 16.

Personal life

In 2013, she published the book Bons Ventos: Diário de Aventuras Iradas about her experiences sailing, in partnership with her brother João Pio, who was the illustrator of the work. Three years later, she released her second book Eureka.