Mark Beretta

Mark Beretta
Born	16 June 1966 (1966-06-16) (age 45) Geelong, Victoria
Occupation	Sunrise Sports Presenter, Seven Network
Spouse	Rachel
Children	Ava and Daniel

Mark Beretta (born 16 June 1966) is an Australian media personality. He is known by the common nickname of Beretts.

Early life and career

Beretta was born in Geelong, Victoria on 16 June 1966. He was educated at St. Joseph's College. He graduated from Swinburne University, Melbourne with an Engineering Degree.

Originally a water-skier, Beretta was a 10-time Australian champion of the sport before beginning his media career on Geelong radio station 3GL in 1989, before moving to Triple M Melbourne. Beretta quickly rose up through the ranks of sport broadcasting in Australia through his NBL reports on Network Ten, and in 1995 the Seven Network signed him up to a sports reporting role, which he continues today on Sunrise and Seven Early News. Beretta, is the main fill in for David Koch on Sunrise when he is absent.

In July 2008, Beretta began presenting Seven Early News sport alongside Natalie Barr at 5.30am, which leads into Sunrise where he is still the sports presenter.^[1] Beretta joined with Tom Williams to host Rexona Australia's Greatest Athlete, in 2010. In 2011, he again hosted the show, this time alongside dual international, Wendell Sailor.

In October 2010, Mark released his book 'The Riders - Australia's Motorcycle Champions' through publisher HarperCollins. 'The Riders' offers an insider’s view of the world of motorcycle racing, with a collection of stories on 24 of Australia’s greatest motorbike champions.

Sunrise

Mark formerly co-hosted Sunrise with current Nine News presenter and Today news presenter Georgie Gardner from 2000 to 2002. From 2002 to mid-2004 he moved to presenting the Sport on Seven News in Sydney.

Beretta hosted the coverage of the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games, Nagano Olympic Winter Games, Salt Lake City Olympic Winter Games, and 2002 Manchester Commonwealth Games. He has also commentated at all of the recent Olympic Games, and Commonwealth Games.

In 2006, Mark was the host of Seven Network's quiz show, The Master, which originally ran on Wednesday nights at 8:30pm. It was shelved after one episode.

Since 2007, Beretta has been part of the Seven Network's V8 Supercar commentary team, currently working alongside Matthew White, Neil Crompton, Mark Skaife and Mark Larkham.

Beretta is also a fill in presenter for Larry Emdur on The Morning Show. As well as this, he occasionally fills in on sport on Seven News Sydney.

Personal life

Beretta with his wife in January 2011

Beretta is married to Rachel and has 2 children, Ava and Daniel. In 2010, he completed a 1,400km Tour De Cure bike ride from Sydney to Mooloolaba over ten days, raising $1.8-million to help find a cure for cancer. Mark also completed the 2011 Tour De Cure ride over 1,400km from Sydney to Melbourne, raising over $2-million for cancer research and treatment. In 2011, he was appointed to the Board of Tour De Cure. He won his first Australian championship in the Junior Boys Jump event in 1980, at Glenelg in Adelaide. Beretta represented Victoria for 16 years, winning 10 Australian water ski championships. He part of the Water Ski Show at World Expo '88 in Brisbane. Beretta coached water skiing in the USA and Japan. He was coach of the Japanese Team in 1989. After graduating from Swinburne University, Melbourne, he worked for BHP and Honeywell. He is an Ambassador for the Young Love Foundation, which assists young people in crisis. Mark is also an Ambassador for the Fight Cancer Foundation, and the Australian Paramedic Support Foundation.

References

1. ^ "Sunrise plays catch up to Today Show". news.com.au. 12 July 2008. http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,24007098-5006002,00.html. Retrieved 12 July 2008. 

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Preceded by Kylie Gillies	Seven News Sydney Weeknight Sport Presenter 2002-2004	Succeeded by Matthew White
Preceded by originator	Seven Early News Sport Presenter with Natalie Barr 2008 -	Succeeded by incumbent
Preceded by originator	Sunrise Sport Presenter 2004 -	Succeeded by incumbent
Preceded by program re-started	Sunrise Co-host with Georgie Gardner 2000-2002	Succeeded by Chris Reason
Preceded by Andrew Voss and Michael Slater	Australia's Greatest Athlete Host with Tom Williams (2010) and Wendell Sailor (2011) 2010 -	Succeeded by incumbent

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Name	Beretta, Mark
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Date of birth	16 June 1966
Place of birth	Geelong, Victoria
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