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

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

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.