Hazel Irvine

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Hazel Irvine
MBE
Born (1965-05-24) 24 May 1965 (age 58)
St Andrews, Scotland [1]
Alma mater University of St Andrews
Occupation Sports presenter
Years active1988–present
Known for Snooker, Athletics, Golf, 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics, 2016 Rio Olympics, 2018 Winter Olympics.
Children1

Hazel Jane Irvine MBE (born 24 May 1965) is a Scottish sports presenter. [2]

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Early life

Irvine was born in St Andrews, Scotland. Educated at Hermitage Academy in Helensburgh, she achieved an MA in History of Art at the University of St Andrews, and competed in golf, netball and athletics at university level. In her final year she was Senior Student of Hamilton Hall. [3]

Broadcasting career

Irvine (right) in the studio for BBC coverage of the 2024 World Snooker Championship Hazel Irvine and others.jpg
Irvine (right) in the studio for BBC coverage of the 2024 World Snooker Championship

Irvine began her broadcasting career on Radio Clyde in 1986, before moving to work for Scottish Television in 1988 as a continuity announcer and latterly, as a sports reporter/presenter. This led to slots on the national ITV network co-presenting coverage of the 1988 Olympics [1] alongside Dickie Davies, and presenting reports from the Scotland football team's training camp at the 1990 World Cup. [1]

Irvine joined the BBC in 1990, working as presenter on BBC Scotland's Sportscene programme and becoming the youngest-ever presenter of the BBC's flagship sports programme Grandstand on 19 June 1993. She also anchored BBC Scotland's coverage of Children in Need for ten years. In 1994, Irvine co-hosted the BBC's Hogmanay Live , and in 1995 she introduced coverage of the FIFA Women's World Cup and began reporting for Football Focus . Irvine has presented for the BBC at every Summer Olympics since Barcelona 1992, as well as five Winter Olympics and four FIFA World Cup tournaments. In December 1996, she became the lead presenter of Ski Sunday , initially with Julian Tutt, but then alone from 1997. [1] She is also a regular presenter of the Triple Crown snooker tournaments (the World Snooker Championship, the Masters and the UK Championship) since 2002 and has regularly presented the sports news on major BBC evening news bulletins, as well as reporting on events such as Wimbledon and the London Marathon.

In August 2008, Irvine presented Olympic Breakfast as well as being one of the commentators for the opening and closing ceremonies of the 2008 Olympics in Beijing. [4] [5] She reprised these roles for the 2012 Games in London. [6] [7]

Irvine also presented BBC coverage of the Winter Olympics in 2014 [8] and 2018, [9] the Commonwealth Games in 2014 [10] and 2018 [11] and the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. [12]

Irvine covered golf for the BBC as a reporter and presenter for 25 years, finishing with the Masters in April 2017. [13]

Irvine also presented the 2019 Netball World Cup from Liverpool for the BBC.

She was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2024 New Year Honours for services to sport and charity. [14]

Other interests

Irvine also works as a media-trainer [15] and after-dinner speaker. [16]

Personal life

Irvine married her long-term boyfriend, whose identity has always been kept private, [17] at a private ceremony in Scotland in 2008. [18] The couple live in London with their daughter who was born in 2008. [19] [20]

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