Ciaran James (born 5 July 1991) is a British water polo player. At the

2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

, he competed for the

Great Britain men's national water polo team The Great Britain men's national water polo team is the representative for Great Britain in international men's water polo. The team has participated in eleven tournaments at the Summer Olympics, being the dominant team in the sport in the early ...

in the men's event. He is 6 ft 4 inches tall. Ciaran was born in

Bristol Bristol () is a city, ceremonial county and unitary authority in England. Situated on the River Avon, it is bordered by the ceremonial counties of Gloucestershire to the north and Somerset to the south. Bristol is the most populous city in ...

but lives and plays for Lancaster when in the UK. Ciaran has played abroad for German club SV Cannstatt. Since the Olympics, Ciaran has played for Catalunya in Spain (2012–13) and Sete in France (2013–14). He now plays for Dinamo Bucharest in Romania. In 2014, Ciaran was part of the gold medal-winning English team at the Commonwealth Water Polo tournament in Aberdeen and won the Most Valuable Player award.

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English male water polo players 1991 births Living people Olympic water polo players for Great Britain Water polo players at the 2012 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Bristol {{UK-waterpolo-bio-stub