Henri Sannier (; born 7 September 1947) is a French

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and

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Life and career

Henri Sannier was born in

Puteaux Puteaux () is a commune in the western suburbs of Paris, France. It is located in the heart of the Hauts-de-Seine department, from the centre of Paris. La Défense, Paris's business district hosting the tallest buildings in the metropolitan ...

in the department of

Hauts-de-Seine Hauts-de-Seine (; ) is a department in the Île-de-France region of France. It covers Paris's western inner suburbs. It is bordered by Paris, Seine-Saint-Denis and Val-de-Marne to the east, Val-d'Oise to the north, Yvelines to the west and ...

. He graduated at the

École supérieure de journalisme de Paris The ''École supérieure de journalisme'' (ESJ Paris; in English: ''Paris School of Journalism'') is an institution of higher education in Paris dedicated to journalism and related studies. Its origin was in the ''Collège Libre des Sciences S ...

. He created the ''19/20'' in 1986 on the channel FR3 and became the host of the ' on the channel

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from September 1987 to September 1992. He then co-hosted the ' on

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in duet with

Laurence Piquet Laurence Piquet is a French journalist and television presenter. Biography Piquet first presented 19/20 on FR3. In 1991, she later transferred to France 2. She worked for Télématin from 1994 to 1996. She is perhaps best known for presenting t ...

until September 1993 and alone until January 1994. He also hosted ' until September 1997, the evening news on

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. Since 1994, he hosts the sports magazine ' on France 3. He is currently the chief editor of the program and was honored of it by a

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in 2001. He is also the managing director of

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. As a cycling enthusiast, he commentated the

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in 2005 with

Laurent Jalabert Laurent Jalabert (born 30 November 1968) is a French former professional road racing cyclist, from 1989 to 2002. Affectionately known as ''"Jaja"'' (slang for a glass of wine; when he continued drinking wine as a professional, the nickname stuck ...

and in 2006 with

Laurent Fignon Laurent Patrick Fignon (; 12 August 1960 – 31 August 2010) was a French professional road bicycle racer who won the Tour de France in 1983 and 1984, as well as the Giro d'Italia in 1989. He held the title of FICP World No. 1 in 1989. Fignon came ...

. Henri Sannier knew that he would not comment the Tour de France in 2007. However, he accepted to host ' in the evening and ', a program before the beginning of the cycling race. Sannier was heavily involved with ', undertaking several counts of

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for the live television shows. These included Bordeaux—Paris, Berlin—Paris and in 1994 London—Paris. On the night of 2/3 December 1994 Sannier and a

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of cyclists took their bikes in the Channel Tunnel, cycling via the service tunnel between Folkestone and Coquelles as part of the route for '. He was accompanied by Jean-Michel Guidez, Patrick Chêne, Jean Mamère, Marc Toesca and others. In 2006, he published a book with Emmanuel Galiero titled '. Henri Sannier is also the mayor of

Eaucourt-sur-Somme Eaucourt-sur-Somme (, literally ''Eaucourt on Somme''; ) is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France. Geography The commune is situated southeast of Abbeville on the D901 and by the banks of the river Somme. His ...

since 1977, and the president of the association of the .

Personal life

Henri Sannier is married and has two children, Antoine and Emmanuelle.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sannier, Henri 1947 births French sports journalists French television presenters People from Puteaux Living people French male non-fiction writers École supérieure de journalisme de Paris alumni