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Kirsty Gallacher Profile |
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Birth Date: January 20, 1976
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Birth Place: Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
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Birth Name: Kirsty Jane Gallacher
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Height: 5'5"
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Biography |
Kirsty Gallacher is
a Scottish television presenter often specialising in sport
programmes.
The daughter of the former Ryder Cup captain, Bernard
Gallacher, she graduated from the London College of Fashion,
and began work as a production assistant before moving on to
the position of editorial assistant on Sky Sports.
She got her presenting break on Sky Sports News, and since
then has been associated with many other sports shows such
as 90 Minutes, Soccer Extra, Kirsty and Phil (on BBC Radio
Five) and Soccer AM.
Since 2000 she has hosted the Sky One show Kirsty's Home
Videos, a satellite equivalent of ITV's You've Been Framed
in which viewers send in purportedly entertaining home
videos to be screened. In 2002 she presented the morning
show RI:SE, and in 2004 began the show Simply the Best. She
has made guest appearances on They Think It's All Over and A
Question of Sport, and she was a regular guest on the fifth
series of Ant and Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway.
5ft 4in tall, she was a cover girl on the February, 2001
issue of Maxim, and was a cover girl for FHM. She has
appeared regularly in FHM's annual 'Sexiest Women' poll.
In 2005, she won the gold medal in the third series of the
popular Channel 4 reality TV series, The Games. 26 December
2005, she released a DVD "Body Sculpt With Kirsty Gallacher"
in which she shows a variety of workouts. In 2006 she
co-presented the fourth series of The Games alongside Jamie
Theakston. She also presents her own show on BBC Radio Five
Live. In July 2006, she co-presented the BBC reality TV show
Only Fools on Horses.
Gallacher is currectly expecting a child with rugby player
Paul Sampson, due December 2006.
Her father's close friendship with Kenny Dalglish secured
her as a life long Liverpool F.C. supporter, although she
also follows Fulham F.C.
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Other
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Voted in at #20 in FHM's 100 Sexiest Girls of 2002 poll, UK
edition. [June 2002]
Supports Liverpool Football Club.
Supports Division One soccer team Fulham.
Daughter of former Ryder Cup golf captain Bernard Gallacher.
Female winner of "The Games" (2003) in 2005.
Expecting a baby with boyfriend Paul Sampson, the baby is
due in December 2006. |
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Just watched her on gladiators...go kirsty!