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Stuart Ellis Storey (born 16 September 1942) is a British sports commentator and former 110m hurdler.
Early life
Storey was born in
Louth, Lincolnshire
Louth () is a market town and civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England.OS Explorer map 283:Louth and Mablethorpe: (1:25 000):
Louth serves as an important town for a large rural area of eastern Lincolnshire. Visitor ...
. He grew up in
Holbeach
Holbeach is a market town and civil parish in the South Holland District in Lincolnshire, England. The town lies from Spalding; from Boston; from King's Lynn; from Peterborough; and by road from Lincoln. It is on the junction of the ...
, later helping to coach local resident
Geoff Capes at Holbeach Athletics Club. He was educated at
Spalding Grammar School
Spalding Grammar School (SGS), fully known as The Queen Elizabeth Royal Free Grammar School Spalding, is a boys' grammar school in Spalding, Lincolnshire, England.
History
The school was founded in 1588 by royal charter, applied for by a R ...
. At
Loughborough
Loughborough ( ) is a market town in the Charnwood borough of Leicestershire, England, the seat of Charnwood Borough Council and Loughborough University. At the 2011 census the town's built-up area had a population of 59,932 , the second larg ...
Training College (became Loughborough College of Education in 1963, then part of the
University
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in 1977) he qualified as a teacher of Physical Education and mathematics. He went on to represent
Great Britain
Great Britain is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean off the northwest coast of continental Europe. With an area of , it is the largest of the British Isles, the largest European island and the ninth-largest island in the world. It is ...
at the
1968 Summer Olympics
The 1968 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1968), officially known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XIX Olimpiada) and commonly known as Mexico 1968 ( es, México 1968), were an international multi-sport eve ...
.
He represented
England
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in the 110 meters hurdles, at the
1970 British Commonwealth Games
The 1970 British Commonwealth Games (Scottish Gaelic: Geamannan a 'Cho-fhlaitheis Bhreatainn 1970) were held in Edinburgh, Scotland, from 16 to 25 July 1970.
This was the first time the name British Commonwealth Games was adopted, the first tim ...
in
Edinburgh
Edinburgh ( ; gd, Dùn Èideann ) is the capital city of Scotland and one of its 32 Council areas of Scotland, council areas. Historically part of the county of Midlothian (interchangeably Edinburghshire before 1921), it is located in Lothian ...
,
Scotland
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.
He held the British record at the 200m hurdles. On retiring from the sport, he joined Thames Polytechnic (now part of the University of Greenwich) where he held the post of Director of Physical Education for 16 years until 1989.
Commentator
After retiring from competition he became an athletics broadcaster on the
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and since 1973 he has commentated on nine
Olympic Games
The modern Olympic Games or Olympics (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques) are the leading international sporting events featuring summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of athletes from around the world participate in a var ...
from 1976-2008. He also was the BBC's regular basketball and squash commentator during the 1970s and 1980s.
He left the BBC after the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing.
He later worked as a freelance commentator for Nova International for their
Great Run
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series of road races, for IMG Sweden on the world feed of the
IAAF Diamond League
The Diamond League is an annual series of elite track and field athletic competitions comprising fourteen of the best invitational athletics meetings. The series sits in the top tier of the World Athletics (formerly known as the IAAF) one-day mee ...
athletics meetings and for the host broadcasting services for the
2012 Olympic Games
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 ...
in London and
2014 Commonwealth Games
The 2014 Commonwealth Games ( gd, Geamannan a' Cho-fhlaitheis 2014), officially known as the XX Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Glasgow 2014, ( sco, Glesca 2014 or Glesga 2014; gd, Glaschu 2014), was an international multi-sport ev ...
in Glasgow. He provided commentary at the Sochi winter Olympics for a number of broadcasters. He finally hung up his microphone after the Diamond League meeting in Brussels on 1 September 2017.
Stuart also provided commentary for a number of Olympic video games include
Sydney 2000
The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 (Dharug: ''Gadigal 2000''), the Millennium Olympic Games or the Games of the New Millennium, was an international multi-sport event held from 1 ...
,
Salt Lake 2002 and
Athens 2004
The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ...
.
Mr. Stuart Storey retired from commentating near the end of the 2017, after 44 years of work
An articlewas published in Athletics Weekly about his experiences at the time of the announcement of his retirement. He said that his favorite moment commentating was in
2012 London Olympic games where he was the lead commentator for the track events along with Peter Matthews.
Rugby Union
In 2001, he became a part-time commercial manager of
Neath RFC
Neath Rugby Football Club ( cy, Clwb Rygbi Castell-Nedd) is a Welsh rugby union club which plays in the WRU Championship. The club's home ground is The Gnoll, Neath. The team is known as the All Blacks because of the team colours: black with onl ...
, as his son James played for the team. His Loughborough-educate
son(born 26 November 1976) played for
London Welsh RFC
London Welsh Rugby Football Club ( cy, Clwb Rygbi Cymry Llundain) was a rugby union club formed in 1885. Based in Old Deer Park, Richmond-upon-Thames, London Welsh RFC played in the English Premiership in the 2012–13 and 2014–15 seasons, ...
, Neath the Ospreys and Munster. James is the former captain and then head coach of Hertford RFC First XV, a role he left at the end of the 2015/2016 season.
References
1942 births
Living people
People from Holbeach
People from Louth, Lincolnshire
British sports broadcasters
Alumni of Loughborough University
British male hurdlers
People educated at Spalding Grammar School
BBC sports presenters and reporters
Athletes (track and field) at the 1968 Summer Olympics
Athletes (track and field) at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games
Olympic athletes for Great Britain
Commonwealth Games competitors for England
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