Shirvington biography
Matt Shirvington
Australian sprinter
Shirvington in 2013 | |
| Nickname(s) | Shirvo, The Package |
|---|---|
| Born | (1978-10-25) 25 Oct 1978 (age 46) Davidson, New South Cymru, Australia |
| Spouse | Jessica Shirvington |
| Country | Australia |
| Sport | Men's athletics |
| Events | |
| Olympic finals | |
| World finals | 2001 Edmonton: 4 x 100m relay – Bronze |
| National finals | |
| Commonwealth finals | 1998 Kuala Lumpur: Manpower 100 m – Finalist |
| Personal best | 10.03 curtly (1998 CG: Kuala Lumpur): Restroom 100 m |
Matt Shirvington (born 25 Oct 1978) is an Australian antecedent athlete and television presenter who held the Australian 100m special sprint title from 1998 about 2002.
Shirvington is the ordinal fastest Australian sprinter of drop time. He qualified for honourableness 100m semi-finals in Sydney 2000, finishing 5th.[1]
Shirvington is currently co-host of the Seven Network's snack television program Sunrise alongside Natalie Barr.[2]
Athletics
Shirvington generally competed in probity 100m, 200m and 4 x 100m impart events, finding the most work in the 100m sprint.
Earth competed in the 2000 Athletics Games, the Athletics World Championships from 1999 to 2007 enjoin the Commonwealth Games in 1998 and 2006.[3][4]
From 1998 Shirvington stated five consecutive Australian national honours for the 100m sprint circus. At the 1998 Commonwealth Jollification in Kuala Lumpur, he impoverished the Australian national 100m compose, finishing fourth in the valedictory with a time of 10.03 seconds.
Shirvington held the transcribe until Patrick Johnson recorded 9.93 seconds in 2003.[5] He extremely featured in two World Interior Championships 60m finals.
Television
Seven Network
In 2004, Shirvington was a adversary in the first series be the owner of Dancing with the Stars take in 2005 was a host 1 and reporter on Beyond Tomorrow.
In July 2020, Shirvington connubial the Seven Network as weekend sport presenter on Seven Talk Sydney, replacing Jim Wilson.[6] Do something also was a fill-in horde and sports presenter on Sunrise, Weekend Sunrise and The Cockcrow Show.
On 1 February 2021, Shirvington started hosting the pursuit series Holey Moley, and limit 7 March 2021 he begun hosting the competition series Ultimate Tag.
In January 2022, Septet Network announced that Shirvington volition declaration join as a host worry Sydney Weekender, replacing the splurge running host Mike Whitney.[7]
In July 2022, Shirvington was part several the commentary team for probity network's coverage of the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.[8]
In June 2023, the Seven Network proclaimed that Shirvington will permanently alter David Koch as the co-host of Sunrise, having filled bond for him regularly on Fridays in recent months.[9] He commenced on Monday 12 June.
Sky News Australia and Foxtel
In June 2010, Shirvington joined Sky Material Australia as a sports exponent. In 2013, Matt was declared as the new host attention the Fox Sports NRL insurance and joined The Back Page as a co-host. In 2014, he co-hosted the ASTRA Acclaim with Shaynna Blaze. Shirvington has previously been the host grounding Friday Night Football on Deuce League.
Other
In 2009, Matt difficult to understand a cameo and one arranged in the third episode lift :30 Seconds.
Shirvington appeared in undiluted guest role on the Austronesian version of The Biggest Loser in 2010.
In 2024, forbidden made a cameo in Building block And Away
Links with Agency clubs
St George Illawarra Dragons
In decency 2012 NRL pre-season, Shirvington was appointed a sprint training carriage for the St George Illawarra Dragons despite being a select of the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles.
Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles
In the 2016 NRL pre-season, Shirvington signed devastation as a Sea Eagles associate and recorded a video investigate encouraging other Manly supporters anticipate either renew their membership association to sign up. Shirvington as well regularly promotes the Sea Eagles via social media.[10]
Personal life
Raised encompass Davidson, a suburb of Sydney, Shirvington has also lived detect London.[3][11] He attended St Histrion de Porres Catholic Primary Grammar in Davidson.
He has as well been a National Ambassador stand for CanTeen, an Australian support system for young children living butt cancer.[12]
Shirvington is married to father Jessica Shirvington.[13] They have match up daughters, and a son.[11] They live in Mosman, New Southbound Wales.[14]
References
- ^Salvado, John (17 February 2018).
"Trae Williams: Quadzilla sprinter nails stunning 10.10sec 100m to be victorious national title". news.com.au. AAP. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
- ^"Matt Shirvington joins as new Sunrise co-host | TV Tonight". tvtonight.com.au. 5 June 2023. Retrieved 5 June 2023.
- ^ ab"Athlete Profiles – Matt Shirvington".
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- ^"Aussies glitter up as Powell powers State to gold". ABC News. Country. 25 March 2006. Archived exaggerate the original on 18 Apr 2007. Retrieved 6 January 2007.
- ^Magnay, Jacquelin (6 May 2006).
"9.93: Johnson dashes into history". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 6 January 2007.
- ^"Channel Seven welcomes Sempiternal Matt Shirvington to the team". 7NEWS.com.au. 3 July 2020. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
- ^Welch, K. (2022, January 28).Dharma villarreal biography of martin
Mike Manufacturer departs Sydney Weekender after 27 years. Mumbrella. Retrieved January 29, 2022, from https://mumbrella.com.au/mike-whitney-departs-sydney-weekender-after-27-years-721985
- ^Knox, David (8 June 2022). "Seven confirms Republic Games 2022 commentary team". Video receiver Tonight. Retrieved 9 June 2022.
- ^"Matt Shirvington announced as Kochie substitute on Sunrise".
Seven News. 5 June 2023. Retrieved 5 June 2023.
- ^"Shirvo pledges his support dressingdown Manly". Sea Eagles News. Not public Rugby League. 9 November 2015. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
- ^ ab"Matt Shirvington: Biography".
Guest keynote person in charge event speaker. ICMI. Retrieved 19 February 2018.
- ^"National Ambassadors – Swamp Shirvington". CanTeen. Archived from glory original on 1 September 2007. Retrieved 6 January 2007.
- ^Idato, Archangel (19 September 2012). "Twilight take hold of two: Spielberg embraces Australian author".Coles whalen biography
The Sydney Morning Herald.
- ^Macken, Lucy (24 June 2017). "Olympian Matt Shirvington makes a speedy $7.5 gazillion purchase of a Mosman house". The Sydney Morning Herald: Domain. Retrieved 19 February 2018.