Brydon Coverdale
Brydon Coverdale (born 18 September 1981[1]) is an Australian quiz personality best known for being one of the "chasers" on The Chase Australia, where he is nicknamed "The Shark".[2]
Brydon Coverdale | |
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Born | |
Nationality | Australian |
Other names | The Shark |
Occupation | Quiz show personality, Cricket journalist |
Coverdale grew up in Camperdown in Victoria. In later life he moved to the city to study journalism. He is a fan of sport, particularly cricket.[3] Prior to The Chase Australia, Coverdale appeared on several other Australian quiz programs, including Million Dollar Minute where he won $307,000 in 2014. He became the first grand champion of Pass the Buck where he won $38,788 in 2002. He also won a total of $32,000 on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?, appeared on The Weakest Link in 2001, Deal or No Deal in 2005 and was a quarter-finalist on Letters and Numbers in 2011. He has also appeared on Sale of the Century and Wheel of Fortune.[4]
Coverdale is a reporter and assistant editor at ESPNcricinfo, a news website exclusively for cricket.[5][6]
On 5 October 2013, Coverdale married Zoe in Eltham, Melbourne, Australia.[7] They have a daughter named Heidi and a son, Fletcher.
Coverdale also runs a blog named DadReads, discussing children's books he has read to his children.[8]
References
- "Warrnambool Standard". Facebook. 19 September 2017. Retrieved 23 July 2018.
- "Seven previews The Chase". Mediaweek. 10 August 2015. Retrieved 11 August 2015.
- "The Chasers The Shark Brydon Coverdale" (PDF). Seven West Media. Retrieved 13 April 2016.
- "Brydon on Channel 7's The Chase". Camperdown Chronicle. Retrieved 13 April 2016.
- "Brydon Coverdale (@brydoncoverdale)". Twitter. Retrieved 13 April 2016.
- "Brydon Coverdale Assistant editor at ESPNcricinfo". Retrieved 24 July 2017.
- "Introducing Zoe & Brydon Coverdale". Flickr. Retrieved 13 April 2016.
- Coverdale, Brydon. "DadReads". Blogger. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
External links
- Brydon Coverdale on Twitter
- "Shark". Yahoo!7. The Chase Australia. 3 September 2015. Retrieved 18 September 2015.
- Brydon Coverdale at ESPN Cricinfo
- Brydon Coverdale on IMDb