Tiffany Cherry (born 4 August 1971) is an Australian sports broadcaster, best known as the

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(AFL's) first female boundary rider on the original

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. She was the co-host of the

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in Vancouver as well as a Presenter of the Network's

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winning

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in Delhi and

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winning

2012 Olympic Games The 2012 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012, were an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

in London. Cherry also co-hosted a daily Olympic Drivetime show for the UK's national pop and rock radio station,

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, live from Hyde Park throughout the duration of the Games with English broadcaster, journalist and television and radio personality,

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. Cherry hosted the prime time week night sport on

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alongside news presenter, Michael Willesee, Jr. between 2010 and 2012 before leaving the network to host and produce her own sports radio program, The Hen House on Melbourne's

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. Cherry landed her first television role as a reporter with

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program, before spending two years at Prime News in Albury as the station's sport's presenter. Following a one-month scholarship with US broadcaster

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, based at the network's US headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia, Cherry moved to Sydney after landing a co-hosting role alongside Matthew White on

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One Summer Sports Show. In 1999 she re-joined the

in Melbourne as a reporter, becoming only the second female to ever work in the Sports Department and co-hosted the Sydney 2000 Olympic Welcome Home Parade in Melbourne with then chief news reader,

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. Following the demise of the original

in 2006, she set up the Melbourne bureau for the world's largest sports network,

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before moving to the United States to work as an anchor, reporter and producer on the Australian and New Zealand version of ''

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'' where she hosted the ESPY Awards and also joined the network's exclusive Tennis Team, hosting the

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from

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in 2008 live back into the US market. Cherry was also a regular guest on Channel Nine's ''

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'' hosted by comedian,

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. Cherry attended

Carey Baptist Grammar School Carey Baptist Grammar School, commonly known as Carey, is an private school, independent, co-educational, Baptists, Baptist day school in Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia. The school has five campuses: Kew, Victoria, Kew (ELC to Year ...

in Melbourne before completing her Bachelor of Applied Science of Physiotherapy at

La Trobe University La Trobe University is a public university, public research university based in Melbourne, Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia. Its main campus is located in the suburb of Bundoora, Victoria, Bundoora. The university was established in 1 ...

Lincoln School of Health Science. She is also a trained sports masseur and upon completion of her degree, landed a scholarship with Olympic Park Sports Medicine Centre, where she also joined

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between 1995 and 1997 as a physiotherapist. She was an accomplished national hurdler and represented Australia at the 1999 World Triathlon Championships in Montreal, Canada. Cherry was also a training partner of

Cathy Freeman Catherine Astrid Salome Freeman (born 16 February 1973) is an Australian former sprinter, who specialised in the 400 metres event. Her personal best of 48.63 seconds currently ranks her as the ninth-fastest woman of all time, set while fin ...

. At the

1994 Commonwealth Games The 1994 Commonwealth Games ( French: ''XVéme Jeux du Commonwealth'') were held in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, between 18 and 28 August 1994. Ten types of sports were featured at the Victoria Games: athletics, aquatics, badminton, box ...

, Cherry handed Freeman the Australian and Australian Aboriginal flags after she won the 400m gold medal.

References

External links

Tiffany Cherry's profileBomberBlitz.com interview
{{DEFAULTSORT:Cherry, Tiffany Australian rules football commentators 1971 births Living people Australian female hurdlers People educated at Carey Baptist Grammar School La Trobe University alumni People from Myrtleford 21st-century Australian sportswomen 20th-century Australian women