Glenda Kozlowski (born July 9, 1974) is a Brazilian journalist, television presenter and former

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. She is best known as host of Esporte Espetacular and Globo Esporte.

Early life

Glenda Kozlowski was born on July 9, 1974, in

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. Her passion for sports began during childhood, with the encouragement of her father. Her father had refused to buy her a bodyboard, and a friend of her father's went to the first store and purchased a 7.7 boogie board. She placed second at her first contest. At that time, she also practiced

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and

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. Aged 10, she started surfing at the beach of

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, in Rio. Shortly thereafter, she attended the championships brand.

Career

In 1989, Kozlowski won her first International title at the amateur bodyboarding championship at Sandy Beach. As a professional athlete, she achieved her first Professional World Title by winning the World Championships at Pipeline in 1991 and won five Brazilian National titles. She also won two National USA contests and three Australian events open to International riders

Journalism

Kozlowski began her journalism career in 1992, invited by the journalist Gilberto Conde to present the program ''360'', from the channel ''Top Sport'' - which later became

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. In the program, interviewed the Brazilian men's volleyball team, which had just won the gold medal at the 1992 Barcelona Summer Olympics, soccer player Zico, among others. Kozlowski came to

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in 1996 to host the show '' Esporte Espetacular'' alongside reporter Clayton Conservani. She made several special reports for the station's sports programs, among them, practicing surfing on a river in

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and live

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. Participated in his first international coverage by Globo in the 2000 Sydney Summer Olympics. In 2001, she returned to the ''Esporte Espetacular'' presentation, this time beside the reporter Tino Marcos. In 2003, Kozlowski began to display the local ''Globo Esporte'' block in

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. In 2009, she led for the first time, along with Cleber Machado, the transmission of the parades of the samba schools of the panel of

. In 2010, she will be the main host of the second season the Brazilian stunt/dare

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show '' Hipertensão'', which is scheduled to premiere September, 2010. In 2013, Kozlowski was the post-race interviewer at the

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2013 Brazilian Grand Prix, interviewing

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, Mark Webber and

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on the podium. It was Webber's last Formula 1 grand prix before retirement.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kozlowski, Glenda 1974 births Brazilian people of Polish descent Brazilian television presenters Brazilian women television presenters Living people Mass media people from Rio de Janeiro (city)