- Karen Tighe
Karen Tighe (pronounced "tie") is an
Australian Broadcasting Corporation radio and television sports presenter. She grew up and was educated in Sydney where she joined the ABC sports department as a television reporter and presenter in 1989. In 1997 she moved to ABC radio as the anchor of the popular "ABC Radio Grandstand " sports program.Tighe has covered various sports and sporting events including the
Paralympic Games in Barcelona, Atlanta, Lillehammer, and Sydney. She also reported at the Kuala LumpurCommonwealth Games and theHopman Cup .In the early 1990s, she was a panel member on the Friday night ABC television show "
Live and Sweaty " where she presented a news segment.In 2003 she married fellow sports presenter, Glenn Mitchell and relocated to
Perth, Western Australia from where she still works for the ABC, providing ABC television sports reporting as well as presenting the Grandstand show.She is the first person to have won the
Sport Australia Award s (Media Award) twice. Prior winners have beenBruce McAvaney , Roy Masters and Ron Reed. In 2000 Tighe was awarded theAustralian Sports Medal for "... many years outstanding service to the Paralympic movement."External links
* [http://www.abc.net.au/backyard/presenters/KARENTIGHE.htm ABC bio]
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