Eleanor Oldroyd (born in

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, 2 June 1962) is a

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sports broadcaster with

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Early life

Oldroyd was educated at Oxford High School and

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Broadcasting career

Beginning her career in commercial radio, Oldroyd joined

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as a Sports Producer in 1986 before moving to London in 1988. She worked at

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and then at BBC Sport, reporting and presenting on both Radio 5 and 5 Live. She first hosted the Sunday afternoon sports show in 1993. In 1995, she became the first female presenter of '' Sports Report'' (since it started in 1948) when she stood in for Ian Payne. She is a regular on 5 Live's ''

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'' – known as the "First Lady of Fighting Talk" – and hosts several weekly 5 Live shows including Saturday Breakfast (with Chris Warburton), the evening 5 Live Sport programme and the Friday Sports Panel. She covers the

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and was part of the ''

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'' team from 2000 to 2005. She led the station's coverage of the

2014 Winter Olympics , ''Zharkie. Zimnie. Tvoi'') , nations = 88 , events = 98 in 7 sports (15 disciplines) , athletes = 2,873 , opening = 7 February 2014 , closing = 23 February 2014 , opened_by = President Vladimir Putin , cauldron = , stadium = Fisht Olympic ...

from Sochi. She was named the Sports Journalists' Association Broadcast Presenter of the Year for 2014 and 2016 Following the death of His Royal Highness, Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, she led the coverage of his funeral, sat in a small, specially built studio above the high altar. She was the only reporter or broadcaster present in St Georges Chapel on the day of his funeral.

Personal life

Oldroyd was formerly married to fellow BBC sports presenter Nick Mullins and has two children. She supports

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despite coming from a family of Birmingham City fans.

References

External links

''Saturday Breakfast''
(BBC Radio 5 Live)
''Sunday Breakfast''
(BBC Radio 5 Live)
Biography

BBC Sport Website blog
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