Channel 4 Beijing 2022 Winter Paralympics Presenting Team
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Ade Adepitan MBE
Ade Adepitan MBE is a wheelchair basketball Paralympian, who won four medals during his Paralympics sporting career. He is now a well-known TV personality, presenting the Paralympic Games for Channel 4 and co-hosting Children in Need. He presented the daily highlights show, Today in Beijing. Ade first appeared as a Paralympics pundit in 2008 in Beijing.
Ed Jackson
Former professional rugby player Ed Jackson is an adventurer, charity founder, broadcaster, speaker, author, brand ambassador and mentor. Last year, Ed launched his debut podcast, It’s Good to Walk, and published his autobiography, Lucky. He has become a regular rugby reporter for Channel 4, presenting the European Champions Cup rugby highlights, and hosting his own highlights show, The Big Tackle. 2022 was the second time Ed presented at the Paralympics, following his debut in Tokyo.
Billy Monger
British racing car driver Billy Monger joined the presenting line-up as an on-screen reporter. This was Billy’s Paralympics reporting debut. Billy is an established pundit and presenter for Channel 4’s Formula 1 coverage. Last year’s Channel 4 documentary Billy Monger: Changing Gears saw Billy dive into the world of what it takes to be an elite athlete.
Ellie Robinson MBE
Eleanor “Ellie” Robinson MBE became a Paralympic champion in her debut season in 2016. She claimed a gold medal in the S6 50m butterfly and a bronze in the S6 100m freestyle during the Rio Paralympics. She retired last year after the Tokyo Paralympics and joined the presenting team as an on-screen reporter.
Sean Rose
Sean is a double winter Paralympian and a skiing and water-skiing champion. In 2013 Sean retired from competitive skiing as Britain’s most successful alpine ski racer ever and has pivoted his career to become an inspirational motivational speaker and TV presenter. He joined the presenting team as a pundit.
Lauren Steadman MBE
Lauren is a Paralympic athlete who has competed in four games, in both swimming and para triathlon. Lauren competed at both the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing and the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London as a swimmer, before switching to the para triathlon for the 2016 games in Rio where she won a silver medal. At the Tokyo Paralympics, she achieved her 16-year-long sporting ambition by picking up a gold medal in para triathlon.
Arthur Williams
Arthur is a former Royal Marine. He was given his first presenting break by Channel 4 in 2012, and Arthur received rave reviews for his presentation of Channel 4’s London 2012 Paralympic Games as well as being named by BAFTA as a Break Through Brit and nominated for a Grierson award for best documentary presenter for Channel 4’s The Plane That Saved Britain. Arthur has also presented and authored a number of leading documentaries on his expertise of military history, travel and aviation.