James Borja
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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
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
- ↑ "Micronesian Games - Guam". GameDay. Archived from the original on September 8, 2024. Retrieved September 8, 2024.
- ↑ "Results - 2014 Micronesian Games - Spearfishing". GameDay. Archived from the original on September 8, 2024. Retrieved September 8, 2024.
- 1 2 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.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑
- Weiss, Matt (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.
- "Final Results - 2018 Micronesian Games - Spear Fishing". GameDay. Archived from the original on September 8, 2024. Retrieved September 8, 2024.
- ↑
- "Guam spearfishers look to win gold again in Micronesian Games". Pacific Daily News. June 6, 2024. Retrieved September 12, 2024.
- "4-Peat For Guam's Fishermen at Micro Games – GSPN – Guam Sports Network". June 20, 2024. Archived from the original on September 8, 2024. Retrieved September 6, 2024.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ 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.