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Gabrielle Nicole Logan (''née'' Yorath; born 24 April 1973) is a Welsh presenter and a former international

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who represented Wales and Great Britain. She hosted ''

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'' for

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from 2009 until 2013. She has also presented a variety of live sports events for the

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, including a revived episode of '' Superstars'' in December 2012 and the

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since 2015. Since 2013, she has co-hosted '' Sports Personality of the Year'' for the

...
and she presented the second series of ''

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'' in 2015.

Early life

Gabrielle Nicole Logan was born on 24 April 1973 in

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in the

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to former Welsh international footballer and manager

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and his wife, Christine. At the time, Yorath was playing for

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. The family moved frequently because her father played for a number of British teams as well as in

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with the

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. She attended Cardinal Heenan High School and Notre Dame Sixth Form College in Leeds. Logan played

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at school and at university and also competed in the high jump, but the peak of her sporting career was when she placed 11th in rhythmic gymnastics representing Wales at the 1990 Commonwealth Games in

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. Logan became interested in football during her regular attendances at her father's matches. Her mother went out of a "sense of duty". Along with her brother and sister, Logan was in the crowd at

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on 11 May 1985, the day of the Bradford City stadium fire. She had left the stand only moments before the fire took hold and watched the unfolding disaster. Logan's debut TV appearance was when she was chosen as the Leeds Rose for the 1991 Rose of Tralee competition. Logan runs and plays golf and is a supporter of Newcastle United stretching back to her time at Durham University, where her then boyfriend was a childhood fan. She remembers her first match as Newcastle's 1–0

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victory over Everton on 25 August 1993 and made visits by air or rail to

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throughout the 1990s and early 2000s, including Newcastle's 5–0 win over Manchester United on 20 October 1996.

Early career

After university, Logan began presenting on

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, from where she was offered a job as a presenter on

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in 1996. She worked there until 1998, when she joined the ITV TV network.

Television

ITV

Logan's career came to notice when she fronted '' On the Ball''. Logan was one of a small number of female sports presenters to have made the transition to terrestrial television. After ITV lost the terrestrial rights to the

, she presented their

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coverage, including the 2005 and 2006 finals, between

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and

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, and Arsenal and

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, respectively. Logan left ITV for

in December 2006, In 2003, she reported on the

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. Also that year, Logan presented a programme called ''Britain's Brilliant Prodigies'' featuring a young Jessie J. Logan stepped in for

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on 6 July 2004 when she went on maternity leave partway through the third series of game show '' The Vault''. Gabby co-hosted the celebrity diving show '' Splash!'' on ITV, alongside

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and Olympic diver

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from 2013 until 2014. In 2015, Logan returned to ITV for reality series '' Flockstars'', a show she later admitted was her "biggest disappointment".

BBC

Logan started presenting for

on 27 January 2007, presenting coverage of the

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fourth round tie between

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and

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. She continues to regularly present and report on live football for the BBC and Logan also deputises for

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. Logan hosted ''

'' from 2009 until 2013. She reported from the England Camp for the 2010 World Cup, Euro 2012 and World Cup 2014 while also being a pitchside reporter at England matches. When Craig Doyle left BBC Sport for ITV in 2008, the BBC needed a new host for the Six Nations Championship and recruited Gabby Logan; she had previously reported on the 2003 Rugby World Cup for ITV and works alongside the likes of Jeremy Guscott, Keith Wood, Jonathan Davies & Andy Nicol. Logan became the main host of Athletics for

. She has hosted live coverage of the

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in 2013, and the

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and

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in 2014. Also included is the prestigious annual

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season competition. She presents in the studio alongside ex-athlete pundits including Michael Johnson,

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Colin Jackson Colin Ray Jackson, (born 18 February 1967) is a Welsh former sprint and hurdling athlete who specialised in the 110 metres hurdles. During a career in which he represented Great Britain and Wales, he won an Olympic silver medal, became wo ...

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and Baroness

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. Gabby Logan has hosted BBC Olympic Games coverage at Beijing 2008, London 2012, Rio 2016, Tokyo 2021. Logan has also hosted live coverage of other sporting events such as the 2013 Aquatics World Championships Since 2009, Logan has been a frequent stand-in presenter on ''

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'' on

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. Gabby Logan has also publicised the challenges female presenters can face within the BBC, once criticised by a BBC executive for wearing "too sexy boots". In August 2013, Logan began hosting the

series '' I Love My Country'', featuring team captains

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and Frank Skinner on Saturday evenings, however, on 25 October 2013, the programme was axed due to largely negative press reviews and poor viewing figures. In September 2013, the BBC announced that, as of 2013, Logan would replace Sue Barker as one of the presenters for the annual

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. In March 2015, Logan hosted '' Let's Play Darts for Comic Relief'' for BBC Two. The show returned for a second series in February 2016. She presented live coverage of the 2015 London Marathon, broadcast on

on 26 April, the

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on 24 April and the 2017 London Marathon on 23 April. In August 2015, she was the main presenter for BBC's coverage of the IAAF World Championships in Athletics from Beijing. Logan presented the second series of the BBC game show ''

'' in 2015. She replaced

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who hosted series 1. In 2016, Logan was part of the presenting team for The Invictus Games on

. She was also a part of the media team during the BBC's coverage of the 2016

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. In 2017 she hosted the BBC IAAF coverage in London. In 2022 Logan hosted coverage of the

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Channel 5

In June 2011, while still presenting the sports results shows for

on Saturdays, Logan joined Channel 5 to present a discussion and magazine show following ''

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'' at 11:10 am each weekday initially called ''The Wright Stuff Extra'', and later renamed as ''Live with Gabby''. On 5 April 2012, the show tweeted to confirm that Logan was leaving the programme.

Filmography

Television

Guest appearances

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'' (2002, 2010, 2021) *''

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'' (2002) *''

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'' (2006) *''

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'' (2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016) *'' Would I Lie to You?'' (2008, 2009, 2012, 2015, 2017, 2019) *''

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'' (2009, 2015) *'' They Think It's All Over: Comic Relief Special'' (2011) *''

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'' (2011) *'' Shooting Stars'' (2011) *''

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'' (2012, 2017) *''The Angelos Epithemiou Show'' (2012) *''

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'' (2012) *''

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'' (2013) *''

The Last Leg ''The Last Leg'' (known during its first series as ''The Last Leg with Adam Hills'' and in Australia as ''Adam Hills: The Last Leg'') is a British comedy and late-night television talk/sketch show that originally ran alongside the 2012 Summer Pa ...

'' (2013) *'' Was It Something I Said?'' (2013) *'' Have I Got News for You'' (2013) *''

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'' (2014) *''

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'' (2014) *''

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'' (2015, 2016) *''

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'' (2015) *''Alan Carr's 12 Stars of Christmas'' (2016) *'' Insert Name Here'' (2017) *''Jack Dee's Inauguration Helpdesk'' (2017) *''

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'' (2017) *'' Britain's Favourite Dogs: Top 100'' (2018) *''

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'' (2021) *''

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'' (2022)

Radio

Logan has worked on BBC Radio 5 Live, where she presented a lunchtime show from January 2010. Her previous Sunday morning was taken over by

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. On 20 October 2009, it was announced that Logan would be leaving her Sunday morning slot on BBC Radio 5 Live and starting a new weekday show on the station from 12:00 noon to 2:00 pm (Monday–Friday) which began on 11 January 2010. In light of the move of BBC Radio 5 Live from London to MediaCityUK in

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, Logan left her weekday show in April 2011 due to other BBC work and family commitments. She was replaced by Shelagh Fogarty. On 12 April 2009, she presented the

...

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on behalf of St John's Catholic School for the Deaf. She currently covers Michael Ball on BBC Radio 2 and 5Live Breakfast.

Other work

In December 2012, Logan was appointed as a non-executive director of

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. In 2014, Logan helped launch Tesco's Farm to Fork initiative. Logan is the

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for the MegaRed heart health commercial advertisements. Logan writes regularly for ''

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'' newspaper. Logan has her own podcast, ''The Midpoint'', where she interviews public figures about their approach to middle age. In August 2014, Logan was one of 200 public figures who were signatories to a letter to ''

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'' expressing their hope that Scotland would vote to remain part of the United Kingdom in September's referendum on that issue. Gabby also is the president of Muscular Dystrophy UK and hosts many fundraisers. In April 2022, Logan announced that her memoir, ''The First Half'', will be published in the autumn.

Honours, awards and recognition

Logan has won "Sports Presenter of the Year" four times at the Television and Radio Industries Club Awards in 2000, 2002, 2004, and in 2014, while also being nominated a further three times in 2007, 2008, and in 2010. Gabby Logan was crowned "

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Celebrity Mum of the Year" in March 2012. Logan received a longlist nomination for "Most Popular Entertainment Presenter" at the 2014 National Television Awards She was also nominated for "Sports Presenter, Commentator or Pundit" at the 2014 Royal Television Society Awards, losing out to

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but did win "Sports Programme" as part of the BBC Athletics team. Upon becoming one of the first female sports anchors to break into terrestrial television in the 1990s, Logan has received praise from many of her fellow professionals such as

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and

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. Her natural style of broadcasting, combined with her relaxed demeanor and ability to banter with whichever ex-pro whom she is working alongside, has made Logan a hugely popular figure on TV. Logan, along with Clare Balding, received praise for their commentary during the coverage of the 2012 Summer Olympics. Politician

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praised Logan's contribution during the

...
's coverage of the London Games, also saying that his favourite part of coverage was the late-night summary with Gabby Logan. Logan was appointed

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(MBE) in the 2020 New Year Honours for services to sports broadcasting and the promotion of women in sport.

Personal life

In 1992, Logan's 15-year-old brother Daniel collapsed and died from hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Logan has actively appealed for the Daniel Yorath Appeal, which raises funds for the treatment and detection of the condition. Her brother Jordan Yorath (born 1986) played football for England Universities in 2008 while in the final year of his planning and development surveying degree at Northumbria University. Jordan was at

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and

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as a young professional and also played for

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Logan's sister, Louise (born 1974), was a performer in the

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, the resident cabaret-style show at the

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on the

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. Logan married former

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international rugby union player

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on 19 July 2001. She has said that meeting her husband was a motivation to exercise regularly again. The couple live in Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire. On 28 July 2005, after undergoing

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treatment, Logan gave birth to twins, son Reuben and daughter Lois. In June 2012, Logan was named by ''

'' newspaper as one of several people to have put money into a film and tax avoidance scheme. In January 2013, Logan was named the first Chancellor of

Leeds Trinity University Leeds Trinity University is a public university in Horsforth, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. Originally established to provide qualified teachers to Catholic schools, it gradually expanded and now offers foundation, undergraduate, and postg ...

. In November 2017 it was announced that Logan would step down from this role in January 2018 after five years.

Charity

Logan is currently a patron of

The Disabilities Trust The Disabilities Trust is a UK charity founded over 30 years ago in Burgess Hill, West Sussex, as The Disabled Housing Trust. The Disabilities Trust provides residential, day services, care, rehabilitation and support to meet the needs of people w ...

The Prince's Trust The Prince's Trust ( cy, Ymddiriedolaeth y Tywysog) is a charity in the United Kingdom founded in 1976 by King Charles III (then Prince of Wales) to help vulnerable young people get their lives on track. It supports 11-to-30-year-olds who are u ...

, St John's Catholic School for the Deaf,

Great Ormond Street Hospital Great Ormond Street Hospital (informally GOSH or Great Ormond Street, formerly the Hospital for Sick Children) is a children's hospital located in the Bloomsbury area of the London Borough of Camden, and a part of Great Ormond Street Hospit ...

and Newcastle United Foundation. She was named the President of Muscular Dystrophy UK in 2018. She and her husband Kenny Logan are past presidents of the children's charity Sparks.

References

External links

* – official site *
Midpoint podcast
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