Felipe Vivancos Ruiz (born 16 June 1980 in

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, Islas Baleares) is a Spanish hurdler. He won the gold medal at the 2005 Mediterranean Games in Almería, Spain. Vivancos finished fifth at the 2002 IAAF World Cup and won the silver medal in 60 metres hurdles at the 2005 European Indoor Championships. He also competed at the World Championships in

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and

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as well as the 2004 Olympic Games without reaching the final round. His personal best time is 13.41 seconds, achieved in July 2006 in

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. The Spanish record currently belongs to Jackson Quiñónez with 13.34 seconds.Spanish athletics records

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* * 1980 births Living people Spanish male hurdlers Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Spain Sportspeople from Ibiza Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Spain Athletes (track and field) at the 2005 Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Games medalists in athletics Spanish Athletics Championships winners 21st-century Spanish sportsmen {{Spain-athletics-bio-stub