Charlie Webster | |
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Webster presenting the Edinburgh Tour Series round for ITV4 in May 2016
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Born |
Charlotte Webster 9 November 1982 Sheffield, West Riding of Yorkshire, England |
Residence | London, England |
Nationality | British |
Education | Tapton School in Sheffield and Newcastle University |
Occupation | Sports TV presenter |
Employer | BBC, ITV4, Sky Sports, ESPN, Star Sports, Setanta Sports, Channel 4 |
Known for | Sports TV presenting |
Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) |
Website | charliewebster.me |
Charlotte "Charlie" Webster (born 9 November 1982) is an English television presenter.
Born in Sheffield, Webster attended Tapton School where she participated in elite junior athletics. She has lived in Crookes,Newcastle Upon Tyne, and Leeds.
She studied Language and Linguistics at Newcastle University. At university, she worked part time as a personal trainer, fitness instructor, amateur model, and actress.
Webster moved to Spain as a TV presenter for Real Madrid TV interviewing the Galactico team and presenting football programmes. In 2006, she moved to Asia to join ESPN where she presented live Premier League football in addition to motorsport and Asian football.
Upon moving back to the UK, Webster presented Setanta Sports News and ITV4's live GP2 coverage. At the end of the motorsport season, she became a sports broadcast journalist for BBC Look East. Next she moved on to present the Red Bull Air Race worldwide for ITV4. In addition, she was the voice of a World Superbikes highlights show on Channel 4. From 2009 to 2014, she was a presenter/reporter on Sky Sports' live coverage of Elite League and also of Speedway Grand Prix.
In November 2010, Webster became a regular presenter on Sky Sports News through until March 2014. Also in 2010 she presented the Goodwood Festival of Speed live on Sky Sports, she featured on BBC One's Football Focus, and presented the UK School Games for Channel 4 with Iwan Thomas.