Vassos Alexander

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Vassos Alexander
Born
London, UK [1]
Occupation(s)Sports reporter, radio presenter and writer
Years active2004-present
Known for The Chris Evans Breakfast Show
Notable work
  • Don't Stop Me Now: 26.2 Tales of a Runner's Obsession
  • Running up that Hill
  • How to Run a Marathon: The Go-to Guide for Anyone and Everyone

Vassos Alexander Georgiadis is a British sports reporter, presenter, author and endurance runner. He is currently the sports presenter of The Chris Evans Breakfast Show on Virgin Radio. [2] Alexander hosted the parkrun podcast, he is a motivational speaker and serves as an ambassador for the young person's charity SkillForce. [3]

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Broadcasting career

From 2011, Alexander was the sports presenter on The Chris Evans Breakfast Show on BBC Radio 2. [1] In January 2019, Alexander along with Chris Evans, and several members of the BBC Radio 2 team moved to the Breakfast Show on Virgin Radio, where Alexander continued in his role as the sports reporter and side kick presenter. [4]

He has also worked on Radio 5 Live as a presenter, reported and commentated on BBC Television, Channel 4, BT Sport and Eurosport. He has reported on six Olympic Games for BBC Sport and has commentated on tennis, golf, diving and darts. [5]

Podcasts

From April 2018 until it ceased in May 2022 Alexander was the co-host of 'free weekly timed', a podcast about parkrunning. Alexander is a parkrunner and co-hosted the podcast with Helen Williams. [6] [7]

Running

Alexander has competed in ultra-marathons, including the 153-mile Spartathalon [8] and ironman triathlons. [9] He has run over 50 road marathons and has a sub-3-hour personal best. [10] [11]

Author

Alexander has written three books on running.

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References

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  2. Williams, Andrew (4 February 2019). "Vassos Alexander's London home is in running distance from Virgin Radio". Metro. Associated Newspapers. Retrieved 13 May 2020.
  3. "Team SkillForce Run the 2016 London Marathon". SkillForce. 28 April 2016. Archived from the original on 30 September 2017.
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  6. Alexander, Vassos (2019). "Free Weekly Timed the podcast; It's a parkrun thing". Free Weekly Times. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
  7. "Home We organise free weekly timed runs all over the world. Held in pleasant parkland on weekend mornings, our runs are open to all – from juniors and first timers to Olympians and octogenarians" . Retrieved 20 April 2020.
  8. "Alexander Vassos". Spartathlon. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
  9. "SDW100 2016 Race Report". Centurion Running. 15 June 2016. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
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