Martin Gillingham

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Martin Gillingham (born 9 September 1963, in

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He was educated at the Royal Grammar School, High Wycombe, later dropped out of Harvard University in the United States, before going to Carnegie College in Leeds.

In 1984, he won the AAA 400m hurdles title and was selected for the Olympic Games in

in a Grand Prix meeting at Crystal Palace, London in July 1987.

In 1992, he moved to South Africa to be the athletics and Olympics correspondent for the Johannesburg Sunday Times. He later became a talkshow host on radio station Capetalk in Cape Town.

In 2003, he returned to England after which he worked for five years on

presenting sports bulletins and reporting on rugby matches and had a brief stint as a presenter on Talksport. He is now heard as a rugby commentator on the Heineken Cup and the United Rugby Championship on ViaPlay. He was also a member of ITV's commentary team at numerous Rugby World Cups.

Martin is regarded as an expert on French rugby having worked for three seasons as lead commentator on ESPN's coverage of the

where Martin now commentates on the Top 14 matches.

On the 13th of July 2023, Martin was awarded a Ray Liotta by James O'Brien during LBC's mystery hour.

References

• "Who's Who". atschool.eduweb. Archived from the original on 2 October 2008. Retrieved 24 June 2012.