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Clare Balding

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Clare Balding

Clare Victoria Balding (born 29 January 1971) is an English broadcast journalist and author. She currently presents programmes for BBC Sport and Channel 4, and previously for BT Sport. She also formerly presented Good Morning Sunday on BBC Radio 2. Balding was appointed as the 30th president of the Rugby Football League, serving a two-year term until December 2022.

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Born
Clare Victoria Balding (1971-01-29) 29 January 1971 Kingsclere, Hampshire, England
Alma mater
Newnham College, Cambridge
Occupations
Television and radio presenter journalist jockey
Years active
1994–present
Employers
BBC Channel 4 RFL
Spouse
Alice Arnold (m. 2015)
Parents
Ian Balding (father) Emma Hastings-Bass (mother)
Relatives
Andrew Balding (brother) Gerald Barnard Balding Sr. (grandfather) Toby Balding (uncle) Ivor G. Balding (great-uncle) Ruth Wood, Countess of Halifax (great-aunt)

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Preceded byGary Lineker
Preceded byGary Lineker
Awards
Preceded byGary Lineker
Awards
RTS Television Sport Awards Best Sports Presenter 2003
Awards
Succeeded byGary Lineker
Awards
Preceded byGary Lineker
RTS Television Sport Awards Best Sports Presenter 2003
Succeeded byGary Lineker

References

  1. Desert Island Discs
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03jyf6p
  2. TheGenealogist
    https://www.thegenealogist.co.uk/featuredarticles/2017/who-do-you-think-you-are/clare-balding-556/
  3. Rugby-league
    https://www.rugby-league.com/governance/about-the-rfl/president-and-vice-president
  4. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage, 107th ed., vol. 2, ed. Charles Mosley, Burke's Peerage Ltd, 2003, p. 2006
  5. The Times
    https://www.thetimes.com/culture/books/article/clare-balding-an-enthusiast-in-a-league-of-her-own-w30g0bj5h
  6. Tatler
    https://www.tatler.com/article/clare-balding-facts
  7. "My Time At Cambridge"
    https://web.archive.org/web/20120119072305/http://www.alumni.cam.ac.uk/uploads/File/CAMArticles/CAM%2052/My%20Time%20at%20Cambridge.pdf
  8. "Welcome Back to Cambridge [Cambridge Union Bicentenary Booklet]"
    https://issuu.com/thecambridgeunion/docs/150128_bicentenary_booklet_v5-1xx_l
  9. The Independent
    https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/passed-failed-an-education-in-the-life-of-clare-balding-bbc-sports-presenter-2014814.html
  10. The Independent
    https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/priscilla-hastings-racing-trainer-who-bridged-the-gender-gap-in-her-sport-2070137.html
  11. The Independent
    https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/racing-osullevan-and-wilson-in-rift-1200088.html
  12. Bbc
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2004/07_july/06/olympics.shtml
  13. Bbc
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2008/06_june/19/olympics3.shtml
  14. Bbc
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/021211-bbc-2012-presenter-line-up
  15. Bbc
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/mediapacks/rio/tv
  16. Bbc
    https://www.bbc.com/mediacentre/mediapacks/tokyo-2020/
  17. Bbc
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/mediapacks/olympic-games-paris-2024-on-the-bbc
  18. news
    https://news.bbc.co.uk/winterolympics2002/low/english/bbc_coverage/newsid_1753000/1753474.stm
  19. Bbc
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2006/01_january/10/olympics.shtml
  20. Bbc
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/proginfo/tv/2010/wk7/olympics.shtml
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