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James Borja

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James Borja
Personal information
Nationality Guam
Sport
SportSpearfishing
EventTeam
Medal record
Spearfishing
Representing  Guam
Micronesian Games
Gold medal – first place 2014 Pohnpei Team
Silver medal – second place 2006 Saipan Team

James Borja is a Guamanian sports administrator, spearfishing manager and former spearfisher. He was Guam's Chef de Mission at the 2024 Summer Olympics.

Career

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At the 2006 Micronesian Games, he won a silver medal in the team spearfishing event.[1] At the 2014 Micronesian Games, he won a gold medal in the team spearfishing event.[2]

Borja as president of the Marianas Underwater Fishing Federation was the tournament director of the 2017 Inter-Pacific Spearfishing Competition, the first to be hosted in Guam.[3] Borja stated that "twenty years ago, it was a dream to compete in the Inter-Pacific [Spearfishing Competition] and spearfish with some of the best in the world" and that now it was a "reality for Guam".[3]

He succeeded his brother Kenneth Borja as Guam's spearfishing manager at the 2018 Micronesian Games leading his team to victory.[4][5] He repeated this success at the 2024 Micronesian Games.[6] He was Guam's Chef de Mission at the 2024 Summer Olympics in which they sent eight competitors in six sports, their joint largest delegation since the 1996 Summer Olympics.[7][8]

References

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  1. ^ "Micronesian Games - Guam". GameDay. Archived from the original on September 8, 2024. Retrieved September 8, 2024.
  2. ^ "Results - 2014 Micronesian Games - Spearfishing". GameDay. Archived from the original on September 8, 2024. Retrieved September 8, 2024.
  3. ^ a b Engichy, Kasmira (April 3, 2017). "Guam hosts Inter-Pacific Spearfishing Championships". Pacific Daily News. Archived from the original on September 12, 2024. Retrieved September 12, 2024.
  4. ^ "Micro Memories: Family Affair – Page 124 – GSPN – Guam Sports Network". August 6, 2014. Archived from the original on September 12, 2024. Retrieved September 12, 2024.
  5. ^ *Post, Matt Weiss | The Guam Daily (July 9, 2018). "Guam's spearfishing team aims for gold". The Guam Daily Post. Archived from the original on September 12, 2024. Retrieved September 12, 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
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  7. ^ "Guam's Olympic Athletes for Paris 2024: Women Take the Lead". Guam NOC. July 12, 2024. Archived from the original on September 12, 2024. Retrieved September 12, 2024.
  8. ^ Engichy, Kasmira (July 26, 2024). "Rckaela Aquino, Joseph Green are Guam's flagbearers at Paris Olympics opening ceremony". Pacific Daily News. Retrieved September 12, 2024.