Sport Identities

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award winner    documentary    author

Matthew Mitcham is well known as an Olympic Gold Medallist and recognised as one of Australia's greatest athletes. He is also an author, popular television personality, a social media guru, and a captivating and inspiring corporate speaker. Areas of speciality include Sport Identities. In the 2008 Summer Olympic Games in Beijing, Matthew executed the greatest dive in Olympic history, and became the first Australian male to win an Olympic Gold medal since Dick Eve’s plain high diving win in 1924.
  • Medal of the Order of Australia
  • 2008 Australian Sports Performer of the Year
  • Funky Trunks
  • Foxtel

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award winner event host and MC

Glenn McGrath has taken more wickets than any other Australian fast bowler in Test Match history and is currently fourth on the all-time wicket list. He has had many milestones throughout his illustrious career including becoming the first Australian bowler to play in 200 One-Day Internationals and the first Australian Fast Bowler to play in 100 Test matches. Areas of speciality include Sport Identities. Glenn’s success to date has seen him become one of Australia’s most highly profiled and respected athletes. His popularity and success have seen him constantly sought after by the media, and he is one of the most recognisable faces in Australian sport.
  • Australian Institute of Sport Best of the Best (2001)
  • Member of the Order of Australia (2008)
  • ICC Cricket Hall of Fame (2012) Sport Australia Hall of Fame (2011)
  • ICC Hall of Fame (2012)
  • Nine Network
  • McGrath Foundation
  • Australian National Cricket Team

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International swimming sensation James Magnussen stamped himself as one of Australia's most exciting athletes ahead of the 2012 London Olympic Games. Areas of speciality include Sport Identities. “The Missile” Magnussen’s gold in the 100m freestyle at the 2011 FINA World Championships in Shanghai made him the first Australian man to win swimming’s glamour event since the World Championships were established in 1973, and the first Australian to win over this distance at a major meet in 43 years.

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event host and MC

With two decades of experience in television and print journalism, Jacqui Felgate is a trusted and respected figure in Australian news and sport reporting. Areas of speciality include Sport Identities. Beginning her journalism career in print media, Jacqui transitioned to TV where she has been a mainstay on Australian screens for over 15 years.
  • Royal Children’s Hospital

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Jason Stevens is not your average sports star and definitely not your average guy. Jason is a TV presenter, author of 2 books and a corporate motivational sports speaker who has also had a successful Rugby League career where he played at the highest level for 14 seasons with both the Cronulla Sharks and St George Dragons. Areas of speciality include Sport Identities. He also represented NSW and Australia on numerous occasions. But his success didn’t stop at Rugby. It’s his work off the field that contributed to him being described by Australia’s leading newspaper as the changing face of rugby league. Stevens being an active Christian plays a big part in the way he approaches life and the people who are fortunate to be around him.
  • Sutherland-Cronulla Sharks
  • St George Dragons
  • The Footy Show (TV Program)
  • The Fat (TV Program)
  • The Matty Johns Show (TV Program)
  • State of Origin

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The name Michael Slater - or Slats - is synonymous with Australian sport. Every bit the quintessential Aussie, Michael has been a welcome edition to Australian households for over 20 years, both on and off the cricket pitch. Areas of speciality include Sport Identities. A product of Wagga Wagga, his was a meteoric rise. Michael Slater occupied a position at the top of the Australian Test batting line-up for close to a decade, frequenting his signature trait of kissing his helmet whenever he reached three figures. Michael played his last Test against England in August 2001 but continued to play State Cricket.
  • The Footy Show (TV Program)
  • Australian National Cricket Team
  • New South Wales Cricket Team
  • Derbyshire County Cricket Club
  • Nine's Wide World of Sports (TV Program)
  • Nine Network
  • The Cricket Show (TV Program)
  • What's Good For You (TV Program)
  • Weekend Today (TV Program)

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Sam Lane is one of Australia’s most respected journalists, broadcasters, authors, keynote speakers and event hosts. Areas of speciality include Sport Identities. A Walkley Award-winning storyteller and trailblazer in Australian sports media, her career spans print, television, radio, podcasting and live events, with a reputation built on insight, authenticity and meaningful conversation.
  • Penguin Books Australia
  • Channel 7
  • ABC Australia

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event host and MC

When Andrew Johns was forced into retirement in 2007, the rugby league world saluted the sporting game's greatest player of his era. Areas of speciality include Sport Identities. His inclusion in 2008 in rugby leagues Team of the Century alongside the likes of legends Clive Churchill, Reg Gasnier, Wally Lewis and Johnny Raper pointed to the great halfbacks status in the game.
  • The Footy Show (TV Program)
  • Nine Network

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Richard Hopkins turned his boyhood dream into reality and became involved in Formula One at the age of 16. Areas of speciality include Sport Identities. Richard is the former Head of Operations for the 4-time consecutive World Championship winning Red Bull Formula One Team and is currently a Professor of Practice at UNSW.

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   author

In today's weight-conscious society where childhood obesity, meal replacements and lap band surgery dominate the social conversation, the uncluttered message delivered by Michelle Bridges comes as a welcome relief. Areas of speciality include Sport Identities. Best known as the straight talking trainer of Channel Ten’s ratings heavyweight ‘The Biggest Loser’, Michelle joins the team for their 8th season (aired 2013) and has just finished filming TBL9. Michelle mixes her tough love message with a heartwarming compassion and understanding that has won the hearts and minds of Australian’s of all ages, weights and genders.
  • The Biggest Loser
  • ONEActive
  • Big W
  • 12 Week Body Transformation
  • RSPCA
  • The Heart Foundation
  • National Breast Cancer Foundation
  • The Black Dog Institute
  • The Australian Institute of Fitness