Helen Chamberlain | |
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 Chamberlain in 2007 | |
| Born | Helen Marie Chamberlain 2 April 1967 Street, Somerset, England |
| Occupation | Television presenter |
| Education | Crispin School, Street |
Helen Marie Chamberlain (born 2 April 1967) is an English television presenter, best known for presenting Soccer AM on Sky Sports for 22 years. She previously worked as a holiday-camp entertainer.
Biography
Chamberlain was born in Street, Somerset. She worked as a Bluecoat at Pontins holiday camp and an announcer at Chessington World of Adventures,[1] before becoming a club Disc Jockey.[2]
She was discovered at Chessington by a producer for Nickelodeon, where she began presenting in 1994. She began presenting on Sky Sports's Saturday morning show Soccer AM in 1995. She also guest presented on two former Channel 4 breakfast shows – The Big Breakfast (alongside Johnny Vaughan) and RI:SE – and was a presenter for Sky TV's dedicated Poker channel Sky Poker.[3] She also co-hosted on Channel 5's late night sports programme Live And Dangerous during 1997.
She appeared in a photo shoot for the May 2004 edition of Penthouse.[4] She also modelled in underwear for Euro 2004 in Trafalgar Square.
Chamberlain left Soccer AM in August 2017, shortly before the start of the programme's 23rd season on air.[5]
Sports
A pub-league level darts player when she was younger, Chamberlain claims to have once beaten Eric Bristow in a game of darts-cricket.[1]
Chamberlain finished second in the 2005 Poker Million tournament winning $400,000. She spent her winnings on buying a Range Rover for her boyfriend, and the racehorse Birkspiel.[6] The horse was trained by Simon Dow at Clear Height Stables in Epsom. On his first outing for the presenter, in April 2006, he won a €50,000 Group 3 race in Baden-Baden, Germany. One month later, he finished third in a Group 2 race in Cologne, Germany. She owned the flat racer Napoletano, and also co-owned sprinter Merlin's Dancer who finished second in The Dash which is the race before The Derby, in 2008. All three horses have now retired.[7]
Chamberlain is a Torquay United fan.[8]
Personal life
Chamberlain is a teetotaler[9] and vegetarian.
References
- 1 2 Greenslade, Nick (8 January 2006). "My passion: Helen Chamberlain". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 31 December 2011.
- ↑ "Helen Chamberlain – Biography and Images". TV Newsroom. Retrieved 26 April 2017.
- ↑ "Sky Poker Presenter Profiles". Archived from the original on 8 August 2017. Retrieved 20 January 2009.
- ↑ "Soccer AM World - Helen Chamberlain Penthouse Pictures". 8 February 2007. Archived from the original on 8 February 2007. Retrieved 23 June 2022.
- ↑ Soccer AM presenter Helen Chamberlain leaves after 22 years, bbc.co.uk, 8 August 2017
- ↑ "Helen Chamberlain on her new passion". britishhorseracing.com. Archived from the original on 30 October 2007. Retrieved 19 March 2008.
- ↑ "Napoletano". Pedigree Querry. Retrieved 19 March 2008.
- ↑ "Soccer AM: Helen Chamberlain". 29 June 2012. Archived from the original on 29 June 2012. Retrieved 23 June 2022.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ↑ Doyle, Paul (5 August 2005). "Small Talk: Helen Chamberlain". The Guardian. Retrieved 31 December 2011.