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James Kyriakides

James Kyriakides
Personal information
Born (1991-03-20) 20 March 1991 (age 34)
Swansea, Wales
Playing position Defender
Senior career
Years Team
2013–2014 Olton
2016–2017 Cardiff & Met
2017–2018 Southgate
2018–2019 Cardiff & Met
2019–2024 Three Rock
National team
Years Team Caps Goals
Wales
GB

James Michael Andreas Kyriakides (born 20 March 1991) is a Welsh field hockey player. He is the older brother of Daniel Kyriakides.

Biography

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Kyriakides was educated at Olchfa School, Swansea and studied at Nottingham Trent University. He played club hockey for Olton & West Warwickshire Hockey Club and represented Wales in the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.[1][2]

Kyriakides switched to Cardiff & Met from Swansea and was selected to represent Wales at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast.[3][4]

For the 2017/18 season, he played club hockey for Southgate Hockey Club in the Men's England Hockey League[5] before returning to Cardiff & Met. For the 2019/20 season he moved to Ireland to play for Three Rock Rovers Hockey Club.[6][7]

References

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  1. ^ "Glasgow Commonwealth Games 2014: Team Wales". BBC Sport. 25 July 2014. Retrieved 18 May 2025.
  2. ^ "Glasgow 2014 - James Kyriakides". glasgow2014.com. Archived from the original on 7 November 2014. Retrieved 4 November 2014.
  3. ^ "Commonwealth Games: Wales name Gold Coast Games hockey teams". BBC Sport. 14 February 2018. Retrieved 17 May 2025.
  4. ^ "Hockey Wales". hockeywales. Archived from the original on 15 December 2014. Retrieved 18 November 2014.
  5. ^ "West Herts Hockey Club: Double defeat as first teams struggle". Watford Observer. 19 October 2017. Retrieved 17 May 2025.
  6. ^ "THREE ROCK HEAD TO EUROPEAN INDOOR CLUB TROPHY IN PLZEN". Hockey Ireland. 15 February 2024. Retrieved 17 May 2025.
  7. ^ "News for 20 September 2019". Field Hockey.com. 11 June 2014. Retrieved 7 August 2025.