Emma Freedman is an Australian television and radio personality, currently working as a host, presenter and roving reporter across

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since 2021. Freedman grew up on the

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in Melbourne. Freedman formerly co-hosted ''

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'' on

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. Prior to this, she was a weather presenter on ''

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'' and host of '' Sports Sunday'' on the

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Career

Radio and television

In 2010, Freedman joined ''

'' as a weather presenter, replacing Felicity Whelan, after which she shared hosting duties with Steven Jacobs as a weather presenter for ''

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''. She was a regular contributor to the

's coverage of the Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival for many years. Freedman was also a regular sports presenter on the Nine Network's '' Wide World of Sports'' and ''

''. In December 2014, Freedman was made redundant from the Nine Network due to cost-cutting measures. In 2015, Freedman competed in and won the fifteenth season of ''

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'' partnered with

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. In January 2015, Jules Lund and Freedman were announced as hosts of ''The Scoopla Show'' which aired on the

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. She was appointed national drive news presenter on Hit Network in September 2015. In February 2016, she re-signed with

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to host the ''

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'' and '' Take 40 Australia'' across the Hit Network. In October 2016, she moved from the

to co-host ''

''. In March 2016, Freedman rejoined

to host the '' Wide World of Sports''. She was appointed host of '' Sports Sunday'' in March 2017. In March 2018, Freedman joined the team of presenters on Foxtel's

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channel. In 2021, she officially joined Seven Sport, hosting the

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feed of the morning coverage for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. In October 2021, she joined Seven's horse racing coverage hosting Sydney racing.
Freedman has quickly established herself as a major player in the Seven Sport stables, also working on their Winter Olympics, Commonwealth Games and now cricket, AFL Brownlow Medal & Grand Final and V8 Supercars.

Writing

Freedman's ballet-themed coming of age novel, ''Turning Pointes'', was published by

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in 2016.

Personal life

Freedman is the daughter of five-time

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winning thoroughbred horse trainer Lee Freedman.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Freedman, Emma Australian television presenters Australian women television presenters Living people Dancing with the Stars (Australian TV series) winners Year of birth missing (living people) Fox Sports (Australian TV network) people