Yvonne Sampson
| Yvonne Sampson | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Yvonne Sampson 21 July 1980 Townsville, Australia |
| Occupation | Television personality |
Yvonne Sampson (born 21 July 1980 in Townsville, Queensland), is an Australian television sports presenter and commentator who currently works for Fox Sports.
She has previously worked for Nine's Wide World of Sports and as a weekend Sports presenter for Nine News Sydney [1]
Early life
Sampson grew up on Queensland's Sunshine Coast on a farm near Palmwoods.[2] She attended Stella Maris Catholic Primary School at Maroochydore and then St John's College at Nambour. Yvonne joined the Buderim Pony Club at the age of 5 and in 1996 was the youngest member of Queensland's first Young Dressage Riders Squad.
Television
With a little help of a chance encounter between her taxi-driving father and former NRL player Wendell Sailor, Sampson began her career as a cadet reporter at the Seven Network's regional news service, Seven Local News on the Sunshine Coast working one day a week, while juggling her studies at the Queensland University of Technology and employment with the Eagle Farm Equine Hospital.[3]
Upon completion of her studies, Sampson joined the network permanently as a sports reporter, working throughout the state in cities such as Maryborough, Mackay and Townsville before returning to the Sunshine Coast to also becoming a studio presenter.[4][5]
Sampson left Seven Local News in 2010, after signing a two-year contract with Sky News Australia in Sydney.
In 2012, Sampson returned to Queensland, joining the Nine Network in Brisbane. In January 2014, Sampson was offered the opportunity to return to Sydney to be more extensively involved with Nine's Wide World of Sports coverage including presenting the sport on Nine News Sydney.[6]
Sampson also hosts Friday Night Football and is also a sideline commentator for Thursday Night Football and Sunday Football. In September 2015, Sampson began hosting Nine's new NRL talk show Footy Classified NRL Finals.
In 2016, she became the host of the Sunday Footy Show, replacing long time host Peter Sterling. The same year, Sampson also became the first woman to anchor the network's much-hyped and high-rating State of Origin NRL competition between Queensland and New South Wales.
In December 2016, it was announced that she had signed a multi year deal with Fox Sports[7][8]
References
- ↑ http://www.9news.com.au/meet-the-team/sydney/yvonne-sampson
- ↑ http://www.sunshinecoastdaily.com.au/news/Yvonne-Sampson-NRL-TV/1778836/
- ↑ https://www.theurbanlist.com/brisbane/a-list/two-minutes-yvonne-sampson
- ↑ http://www.sunshinecoastdaily.com.au/news/australian-tvs-top-hottest-women---part-2/339796/
- ↑ http://www.sunshinecoastdaily.com.au/news/coasts-stars-came-out/330904/
- ↑ http://myweeklypreview.com.au/v/league%E2%80%99s-leading-lady
- ↑ http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/swoop/yvonne-sampson-becomes-the-first-female-broadcaster-to-anchor-state-of-origin-in-australia/news-story/e666e03047e61f5e86b724f4867a48a2
- ↑ http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/nrl/state-of-origin/sport-confidential-yvonne-sampsons-nerves-before-dazzling-state-of-origin-debut-for-channel-9/news-story/4a9d393b6fdf94b29b1596021cfe4c26
