{{Short description|English squash player (born 1993)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2018}} {{Use British English|date=December 2024}} {{Infobox squash player | name = Declan James | image = Borja Golán et Declan James 2017.jpg | image_size = | caption = James (left) against Borja Golán 2017 | country = {{ENG}} | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1993|4|19}} | birth_place = Nottingham, England | death_date = | death_place = | height = {{height|ft=6|in=3}} | weight = {{convert|83|kg|lb}} | turnedpro = 2011 | retired = Active | plays = | coach = Nick Matthew | racquet = Dunlop Hyperfibre+ Evolution 130 | event = Men's singles | years_active = | highest_ranking = No. 15 | date_of_highest_ranking = May 2019 | current_ranking = No. 28 | date_of_current_ranking = 14 July 2025 | titles = 21 | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|Men's squash}} {{MedalCountry|{{ENG}}}} {{MedalComp|World Team Championships}} {{MedalSilver|2019 Washington D.C.|Team}} {{MedalComp|World Doubles Championships}} {{MedalGold|2022 Glasgow|Doubles}} {{MedalBronze|2017 Manchester|Doubles}} {{MedalComp|Commonwealth Games}} {{MedalGold|2022 Birmingham|Doubles}} {{MedalBronze|2018 Gold Coast|Doubles}} {{MedalCompetition | European Team Championships}} {{MedalSilver | 2017 Helsinki | Team}} {{MedalSilver | 2018 Wrocław | Team}} {{MedalGold | 2019 Birmingham | Team}} }} '''Declan James''' (born 19 April 1993) is a professional squash player who represented England.<ref>[https://www.psasquashtour.com/player/declan-james/ PSA Player Profile]</ref><ref>[https://www.squashinfo.com/player/2767-declan-james SquashInfo Player Profile]</ref> He reached a career high ranking of 15 in the world during May 2019.
== Biography == James reached the world's top 50 players in July 2015 after winning his fifth PSA tour event, the Christchurch International Open.<ref name=SI>{{cite web |url=https://www.squashinfo.com/player/2767-declan-james |title=Declan James profile |website=Squash Info |access-date=4 May 2023}}</ref><ref name=PSA>{{cite web |url=https://www.psaworldtour.com/view-player/player/declan-james/ |title=Declan James profile |website=PSA Tour |access-date=4 May 2023}}</ref>
In 2017, he won the Irish and Arnold Tring Homes Opens and in 2018, won the International de Squash de Nantes, which was his 13th tour title.<ref name=PSA/> In 2018, he won a bronze medal in the doubles at the Commonwealth Games, on the Gold Coast. In May 2019, he hit a career best world ranking (at the time) of 15.<ref name=SI/>
James won European Squash Team Championships gold for the England men's national squash team at the 2019 European Squash Team Championships in Birmingham.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://intersportstats.com/competition_types/292 |title=European Team Squash Championships |website=InterSportStats |access-date=6 June 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.squashinfo.com/history/100/mens/european-team-championship |title=Men's European Team Championship: Event History (53 events) |website=Squash Info |access-date=6 June 2025}}</ref>
At the 2022 Commonwealth Games he won the gold medal, partnering James Willstrop in the men's doubles.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/english-commonwealth-birmingham-b2140804.html |title=Declan James and James Willstrop win all-English Commonwealth squash final |website=The Independent |access-date=4 May 2023}}</ref>
In 2024, James won his 17th PSA title after securing victory in the London Open during the 2024–25 PSA Squash Tour.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://thesquashsite.com/london-open-2024 |title=London Open 2024 : It’s Declan and Nadine |website=The Squash Site |date=10 November 2024 |access-date=28 December 2024 }}</ref>
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== External links == *{{PSA|id=2785,00}} *{{SquashInfo|id=2767}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:James, Declan}} Category:English male squash players Category:Living people Category:1993 births Category:Commonwealth Games gold medallists in squash Category:Commonwealth Games bronze medallists in squash Category:Commonwealth Games gold medallists for England Category:Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England Category:Squash players at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Category:Squash players at the 2022 Commonwealth Games Category:Medallists at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Category:Medallists at the 2022 Commonwealth Games Category:21st-century English sportsmen