Category: South
East TV
Date: 20.09.2004
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Sally Gunnell
will join BBC South East Today on 1 October 2004 to present the
Friday night sport report programme for 10 weeks.
Sally Gunnell OBE is one of the greatest female athletes
this country has ever produced and the only woman in history to have
ever concurrently held all four major championship gold medals - Olympic,
World, Commonwealth and European - as well as the World record.
Following her retirement from athletics in September 1997, Sally entered
the media arena.
Today she is an integral member of the BBC Sport broadcasting
team, a role she has undertaken since 1999.
BBC South East Today's Output Editor, Quentin Smith, says: "I am
delighted that Sally is joining the team. She'll be a valued member
with all her wealth of experience."
Sally is thrilled to be joining the team at South East
Today as she lives in Brighton.
"I'm very excited to be joining BBC South East
Today especially as I'm a local!," she says.
"Being able to cover local sporting talent and
not just the big names really appeals to me. Giving them a platform
to encourage and develop what they are doing is fantastic."
Sally, an energetic mother of two, soon to be mother
of three, says: "I'm five months pregnant, I'll be rather large
sitting on the sofa but it'll be fun!"
