Geoff Bryan

Geoff Bryan (born c.1955) is a New Zealand television broadcaster, currently a sports presenter for TVNZ, and most well known for presenting the ASB Classic tennis tournament in Auckland since 2002. He has covered four Summer Olympic Games from 1996 to 2008, and three Commonwealth Games from 1998 to 2006. Bryan was born in England, and moved with his family to Invercargill when he was a child. [cite web|url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/thepress/4640015a24226.html|title=Will our Olympic anchors hold?|date=5 August 2008|publisher=The Press|accessdate=2008-08-21] He studied a degree in broadcasting in Wellington, before working in radio, including as a DJ for 2ZM in the 1970s. [cite web|url=http://www.csnz.co.nz/default,4345,geoff_bryan.sm|title=Geoff Bryan|publisher=Celebrity Speakers|accessdate=2008-08-21] He progressed into television in the 1980s, and became a sports reporter for One News. Bryan, along with Keith Quinn and John McBeth were laid off by TVNZ on 9 July 2007, before the company invited all three to compete for a single vacancy. [cite web|url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/1/story.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10451017|title=Job queue replaces the autocue for TVNZ sports commentators |last=McNaughton|first=Maggie|date=July 12, 2007|publisher=New Zealand Herald|accessdate=2008-08-21]

Career highlights

* 1996 Olympic Games Reporter
* 1998 Commonwealth Games Presenter
* 2000 Olympic Games Presenter
* 2002 Commonwealth Games Presenter
* 2004 Olympic Games Presenter
* 2006 Commonwealth Games Presenter
* 2008 Olympic Games Presenter
* ASB Classic Tennis tournament presenter 2002-current
* Super Sports Sunday Presenter 2002-current
* TVNZ Sports reporter 1994-2001

References

External links

* [http://tvnz.co.nz/view/page/411249/411528 Profile at TVNZ]
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* [http://www.listener.co.nz/issue/3560/features/11582/geoff_bryan_.html NZ Listener interview 2008]