James Michael Andreas Kyriakides (born 20 March 1991) is a Welsh

field hockey Field hockey (or simply referred to as hockey in some countries where ice hockey is not popular) is a team sport structured in standard hockey format, in which each team plays with 11 players in total, made up of 10 field players and a goalk ...

player. He is the older brother of

Daniel Kyriakides Daniel Kyriakides (born 21 March 1995) is a Welsh international field hockey player who plays as a midfielder or defender for Wales and Great Britain. James Kyriakides is his elder brother. Biography Kyriakides played club hockey in the Me ...

Biography

Kyriakides was educated at Olchfa School, Swansea and studied at

Nottingham Trent University Nottingham Trent University (NTU) is a public research university located in Nottingham, England. Its origins date back to 1843 with the establishment of the Nottingham School of Design, Nottingham Government School of Design, which still opera ...

. He played club hockey for

Olton & West Warwickshire Hockey Club Olton & West Warwickshire Hockey Club (Olton & West Warwick for short) is a field hockey club based at the West Warwickshire Sports Club in Grange Road, Olton, Solihull, West Midlands. The club runs a large number of teams featuring men's, wom ...

and represented

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in the

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Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. Kyriakides switched to Cardiff & Met from Swansea and was selected to represent Wales at the

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in Gold Coast. For the 2017/18 season, he played club hockey for

Southgate Hockey Club Southgate Hockey Club is a field hockey club based at Southgate Hockey Centre in Trent Park, near Oakwood, London, Oakwood in London. The men's 1st XI play in the Men's England Hockey League. The club has 9 men's sides, 5 ladies' sides and a l ...

in the

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before returning to Cardiff & Met. For the 2019/20 season he moved to Ireland to play for

Three Rock Rovers Hockey Club Three Rock Rovers Hockey Club is a field hockey club based in Rathfarnham, Ireland. The club was founded in 1893. It was originally based in Foxrock and was named after Three Rock Mountain. The club's senior men's team plays in the Men's Irish H ...

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kyriakides, James Living people Welsh male field hockey players Field hockey players at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games competitors for Wales 1991 births Southgate Hockey Club players Men's England Hockey League players 21st-century Welsh sportsmen