Eleanor Oldroyd

Eleanor Oldroyd (born Bury, Greater Manchester, June 2, 1962) is an English sports broadcaster with BBC Radio.

Biography

Eleanor Oldroyd was educated at Oxford High School. She is married to fellow BBC sports presenter Nick Mullins and has two children [Cite web
url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tennis/wimbledon/bbc_coverage/2006717.stm
title = Rest of the radio team
date = 2002-06-14
accessdate = 2007-03-23
publisher = BBC Sport] . She started her career at BBC Radio Shropshire before moving to London in 1988. She was a sports journalist at Radio 4 before going to BBC Radio Five Live. By standing in for Ian Payne on Sport on Five in 1995 she became the first female presenter of "Sports Report" since it started in 1948. She has appeared on most Five Live sports programmes, including "Fighting Talk", and is sometimes a ground reporter for "Test Match Special".

Trivia

*She supports Arsenal despite coming from a family of Birmingham City fans [Cite web
url = http://observer.guardian.co.uk/osm/story/0,,583533,00.html
title = Women in a man's game
author = Oliver Irish
date = 2001-11-04
accessdate = 2007-03-23
publisher = Guardian Unlimited]

References

External links

* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/fivelive/presenters/oldroyd_biog.shtml BBC 5 Live interview]