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Born | Nowra, New South Wales, Australia | March 22, 1991
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Sport | Water polo |
James Clark (born 22 March 1991) is an Australian water polo goalkeeper. [1]
Sydney-based, he was educated at Birchgrove Public School and in his secondary years at Newington College. [2] At the tertiary level he graduated as a Bachelor of Business and Commerce in property from the University of Western Sydney. [3]
At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he competed for the Australia men's national water polo team in the men's event. At the time he was 6 ft 5 inches tall.
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