Borja Vivas Jiménez (born 26 May 1984) is a Spanish

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ter. He represented his country at the

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and

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as well as four outdoor and three indoor World Championships, in addition to multiple regional competitions. His biggest success is the silver medal at the 2014 European Championships.

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* 1984 births Living people Spanish male shot putters Sportspeople from Málaga Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Spain World Athletics Championships athletes for Spain European Athletics Championships medalists Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Spain Athletes (track and field) at the 2013 Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Games medalists in athletics Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 Mediterranean Games 20th-century Spanish people 21st-century Spanish people {{Spain-athletics-bio-stub