James Carson (field hockey)
Welsh field hockey player (born 1994)
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James Christopher Carson (born 29 April 1994) is a Welsh international field hockey player who plays as a forward for Wales. He competed for Wales at two Commonwealth Games.
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| Sport | Field hockey | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Forward | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Biography
Carson plays club hockey in the Men's England Hockey League Premier Division for Old Georgians, along with his two older brothers.[1] He was selected to represent Wales at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast.[2]
At the end of the 2018 season, he left Reading for the University of Exeter Hockey Club.[3]
Carson joined Old Georgians in 2020 and was part of the Old Georgians team that won two league and cup doubles during the 2021-22 season and 2022-23 seasons and the league title during the 2023-24 season.[4]
He was selected to represent Wales at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham[5] and the 2023 Hockey World Cup.[6] He became the first player to score a goal for Wales at a Hockey World Cup, during the team's 5-1 loss to Spain on 15 January 2023.[7]
He won another Premier league title with Old Georgians in 2026.[8]