Jason Richardson (born 23 June 1969) is an Australian athlete turned radio presenter.
In 1993, he won the
Stawell Gift
The Stawell Gift is Australia's oldest and richest short-distance running race. It is the main event in an annual carnival held on Easter weekend by the Stawell Athletic Club, with the main race finals on the holiday Monday, at Central Park, S ...
off the mark of 7.5 metres.
Athletics career
Richardson won the 1992 'novice' 100m at Stawell, and followed his Gift win in 1993 with a win in the backmarkers 120m invitation in 1994 - one of only two athletes in the history of the Stawell Gift to win all three in successive years.
His professional running career wins also include the 1996 British Professional 200m championship, plus wins in the Prahran & Smithton Gifts. He has also been placed in Australia's two other major Classic Gifts - the Bay Sheffield (SA) and
Burnie Gift
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(Tas).
He is married to
1998 Commonwealth Games
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5000m Gold medallist
Kate Anderson. Kate represented Australia in the 5000m at the 1996 Atlanta and 2000 Sydney Olympic Games. Together they have three daughters: Ruby, Milla and Cleo.
Radio career
He is a radio personality on Melbourne sports radio station
SEN 1116
1116 SEN (call sign 3AK) is an Australian radio station in Victoria, Australia. Owned and operated by Sports Entertainment Group, it broadcasts a sports radio format. It commenced broadcasting on 29 November 1931 as 3AK, the station currently ...
. Nicknamed "Richo", Jason is considered by those who know him to be "full of energy and raring to go". He hosts the morning timeslots on the weekends, and also is a fill-in ''
Morning Glory
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'' host during summer seasons.
Hosted "On The Rise" on SEN on Sunday mornings from 8am to 10am for many years with Damien Fleming, Daniel Harford, Dr Turf, Mark Allen & Nathan Thompson.
He currently hosts Saturday mornings "Racing Fix" shows, and can be heard during the week as a regular co-host on SEN's afternoon program Harf Time with Daniel Harford, including the "Casual Friday" program. Co-hosts "Richo off to the Races" with Kevin Bartlett on Friday mornings.
TV career
Reporter on Channel 10's Inside Sport TV in 2001.
Currently he hosts live coverage of horse racing meetings around Victoria on Racing.com, which can be seen on Foxtel #529. Hosts "Spending Time With" in-depth interview program for TVN, plus highly rated weekly preview program "Get On" on Thursday evenings where he is one of the best tipsters in Australia. His progressive mindset allows him to make valued contributions to Let it ride and he also doesn't let funny buggers like Brent Zerafa get away with backing things like kinane for the win with the meta now being place only..
Presenter on Channel 7's coverage of the 2010, 2011 & 2012 Autumn & Spring Racing Carnivals in Melbourne and Sydney, featuring Caulfield Cup & WS Cox Plate meetings.
He also appeared in a National Heart Foundation Heart Health TV commercial
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Also host commentator of Seven's BBL coverage.
References
1969 births
Living people
Australian male sprinters
Stawell Gift winners
Place of birth missing (living people)
20th-century Australian sportsmen
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