Henri Sannier

Henri Sannier (born 7 September 1947) is a French sports journalist and television presenter.

Henri Sannier
Henri Sannier
Born (1947-09-07) 7 September 1947
Puteaux, Hauts-de-Seine, France
Nationality France
OccupationSports journalist, television presenter
Years active1973–present
TelevisionJournal de 20 heures
Journal de 13 heures (France 2)
Soir 3 (France 3)
Tout le sport (France 3)

Life and career

Henri Sannier was born in Puteaux in the department of Hauts-de-Seine. He graduated at the École supérieure de journalisme de Paris.

He created the 19/20 in 1986 on the channel FR3 and became the host of the Journal de 20 heures on the channel Antenne 2 from September 1987 to September 1992. He then co-hosted the Journal de 13 heures on France 2 in duet with Laurence Piquet until September 1993 and alone until January 1994. He also hosted Soir 3 until September 1997, the evening news on France 3.

Since 1994, he hosts the sports magazine Tout le sport on France 3.[1] He is currently the chief editor of the program and was honored of it by a 7 d'Or in 2001. He is also the managing director of France Télévisions.

As a cycling enthusiast, he commentated the Tour de France in 2005 with Laurent Jalabert and in 2006 with Laurent Fignon.[1] Henri Sannier knew that he would not comment the Tour de France in 2007. However, he accepted to host Journal du Tour in the evening and Avant le Tour, a program before the beginning of the cycling race.

Sannier was heavily involved with Téléthon en France, undertaking several counts of road bicycle racing for the live television shows. These included Bordeaux—Paris, Berlin—Paris and in 1994 London—Paris.[2] On the night of 2/3 December 1994[3][4] Sannier and a peloton of cyclists took their bikes in the Channel Tunnel, cycling via the service tunnel between Folkestone and Coquelles as part of the route for Téléthon en France '94.[5] He was accompanied by Jean-Michel Guidez,[6] Patrick Chêne, Jean Mamère, Marc Toesca and others.[7]

In 2006, he published a book with Emmanuel Galiero titled Les histoires secrètes du Tour de France.[1]

Henri Sannier is also the mayor of Eaucourt-sur-Somme since 1977,[1] and the president of the association of the Festival de l'oiseau et de la nature.

Personal life

Henri Sannier is married and has two children, Antoine and Emmanuelle.

gollark: I mean, being deadlier or anything like that probably would work against it, but if it mutated to be more infectious that'd be pretty good for it.
gollark: I'm not sure what you're trying to imply there.
gollark: I think so. IIRC the mutations mostly didn't affect the stuff vaccines targeted, but I didn't pay much attention.
gollark: "Ah yes, I will voluntarily ask for less pay" - nobody?
gollark: Seems more like a publicity stunt than anything useful.

References
  1. "Henri Sannier toujours en selle" (in French). France Bleu. Retrieved 4 January 2014.
  2. Carpentier, Serge (30 April 2014). "Lambersart: Jean-Michel Guidez met sa passion de la vidéo au service des courses cyclistes amateurs". La Voix du Nord (in French). Archived from the original on 8 February 2015. Retrieved 16 July 2014. Dans les années 90, il sera le complice d’Henri Sannier sur les grands raids du téléthon. Il fera Bordeaux—Paris, Berlin—Paris, Londres—Paris aux côtés d’Antoine de Caunes, Marc Toesca, Patrick Chêne ou encore Jean Mamère, entouré par des pros de l’équipe Castorama comme Thierry Marie.
  3. Association Francaise contre la Myopathie, France 2 (3 December 2014). "Défi cycliste passant par le tunnel sous la Manche" (Video: 45 seconds) (in French). Institut national de l'audiovisuel. Retrieved 16 July 2014.
  4. Eurotunnel (February 1995). "Le Téléthon en Tunnel". Eurotunnel News (in French) (10). p. 7. Dans la nuit du 2 au 3 décembre dernier, un groupe vingt journalistes et de sportifs a participé au Téléthon 94 en traversant le tunnel de service à vélo. Après «Le Walk», ce raid cycliste a constitué une première qui, de l'avis de tous les participants, fut aussi insolite que passionnante, ainsi que le confirme le rédacteur en chef de France 3, Henri Sannier: «grâce à cous, ce Téléthon a été une fois de plus un succès. (…) Qui pouvait imaginer qu'un jour vingt fous traverseraient la Manche à vélo ?»
  5. Widemann, Dominique (3 December 1994). "Téléthon: trente heures de générosité contre les maladies génétiques". L'Humanité (in French). Retrieved 16 July 2014. Henri Sannier sera le fer de lance des trente heures de cyclisme dont le départ a été donné au pied de la tour de Londres avant de rejoindre Paris via le tunnel sous la Manche…
  6. Carpentier, Serge (30 April 2014). "Lambersart: Jean-Michel Guidez met sa passion de la vidéo au service des courses cyclistes amateurs". La Voix du Nord (in French). Archived from the original on 8 February 2015. Retrieved 16 July 2014. Dans les années 90, il sera le complice d’Henri Sannier sur les grands raids du téléthon. Il fera Bordeaux-Paris, Berlin—Paris, Londres—Paris aux côtés d’Antoine de Caunes, Marc Toesca, Patrick Chêne ou encore Jean Mamère, entouré par des pros de l’équipe Castorama comme Thierry Marie.
  7. Walter, Jacques (1998). Le Téléthon: Scène - Intérêts - Ethique. Champs visuels (in French). Editions L'Harmattan. p. 41. ISBN 9782296361270. Retrieved 16 July 2014. parmi lesquelles les fameux «fils rouges» : l'épreuve cycliste Londres‒Paris, avec Henri Sannier, Patrick Chêne, Jean Mamère, Marc Toesca, etc.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.