Orla Chennaoui

Orla Chennaoui (born 1978/1979)[1] is a Northern Irish television journalist and former all-Ireland triple jump champion.[1] Chennaoui was born in Draperstown, County Londonderry in Northern Ireland.[1] After completing a degree in Law and French at Queen's University Belfast, she moved to Edinburgh to take a postgraduate diploma in journalism at Napier University.[1] While in Edinburgh Chennaoui began her journalism career, working in print-journalism at Scotland on Sunday and the Edinburgh Evening News. Chennaoui moved into broadcast journalism at 2 Ten FM, a local radio station in Reading, Berkshire. A move to television followed, working at Meridian in Southampton before returning to Scotland and a post at Scotland Today.[2][3]

In 2005, she joined Sky News as Northern Ireland correspondent. In 2010 Chennaoui made a move into sports broadcasting for Sky Sports specialising in cycling; she was also Sky Sports' principal correspondent for the 2012 and 2016 Olympic Games.[2]

In 2019, Chennaoui left Sky to join Eurosport as the lead presenter for the station's coverage of cycling events.[4] She is married to Moroccan-born Mourad Chennaoui; they have two children and live in London and Amsterdam.[1][5]

References
  1. "Orla goes for Gold". Belfast Telegraph. 31 August 2009. Retrieved 6 July 2019.
  2. "Chennaoui named as Sky's Olympic correspondent". Sports Journalists' Association. 24 July 2009. Retrieved 6 July 2019.
  3. "Orla Chennaoui". Cycling UK. 28 June 2019. Retrieved 6 July 2019.
  4. "Wiggins joins Eurosport team starting with Giro d'Italia coverage". Cycling Weekly. 1 May 2019. Retrieved 6 July 2019.
  5. "7 Questions with… Eurosport's Tour De France presenter Orla Chennaoui: 'Women's cycling doesn't need crumbs off the men's table'". BT TV. 8 July 2019. Retrieved 30 August 2019.
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