LOGAN BEHOLD
Who is BBC Euro 2024 presenter Gabby Logan?
Plus how she and her husband fared on Strictly
WHEN it comes to sports presenting, Gabby Logan is at the top of her game - and she's joining the coverage for Euro 2024.
The popular presenter is well known for her work with the BBC, and has become one the UK's leading hosts.
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Who is Gabby Logan?
Gabrielle "Gabby" Logan was born on April 24, 1973, in Leeds to former Welsh international footballer Terry Yorath and his wife Christine.
As a child, she moved around a lot due to her dad's career, which also sparked her interest in football.
Her younger brother, Daniel, died at the age of 15 of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
Gabby was just 19 at the time.
Her sister Louise joined Cirque du Soleil at the age of 19 and now works as a voice over artist.
Gabby inherited her dad's athletic gene as she was good at netball and high jump at school but excelled at gymnastics.
She was a gymnast during her teen years.
At her peak came in 11th place in rhythmic gymnastics while representing Wales at the 1990 Commonwealth Games in Auckland.
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Despite showing much promise in the sport, she had to retire from gymnastics aged 17 due to sciatica.
Gabby was made an MBE in the 2020 New Year Honours List.
Who is Gabby Logan's husband Kenny and do they have children?
Gabby is married to former Scotland international rugby union player Kenny Logan.
The pair tied the knot on July 19, 2001.
After undergoing IVF treatment, Gabby gave birth to twins - son Reuben and daughter Lois on July 28, 2005.
Gabby Logan breaks down in tears as she gives update on husband Kenny's cancer battle
She was crowned Tesco Celebrity Mum of the Year in March 2012.
In 2022, Gabby's husband Kenny revealed he had been battling prostate cancer.
Speaking about his diagnosis at the time, she shared: “He [Kenny] was really upset as you can imagine and I just thought, 'Right no, this is going to be absolutely fine, what are we going to do? What are the answers here?'
"His neurologist was brilliant, he's a brilliant communicator and told us what the options were and I was like, [to Kenny] 'We've just got to get a plan together, you need to know what you're doing and then we will keep being positive about it'.
"That's what we did really, once we got over the initial shock, we just really kind of focused on it as a project we had to deal with and it's a bloody awful operation."
What TV shows has Gabby Logan presented?
After Gabby finished her degree at Durham University, Logan began presenting on Metro Radio in Newcastle.
She then became a presenter on Sky Sports in 1996 and left in 1998 to work for ITV.
Gabby co-hosted the celebrity diving reality show Splash! on ITV, alongside Vernon Kay and Olympic diver Tom Daley from 2013 until 2014.
From 2007, she started presenting for BBC sport and stands in for Gary Lineker on Match Of The Day.
She is the face of athletics on the channel, and has fronted the Olympics, London Marathon, Commonwealth Games and World Athletics Championships.
She is part of the BBC's presenting team for Euros 2024, which kicks off on Friday, June 14.
Both Gabby and her husband competed on series five of Strictly Come Dancing in 2007.
Partnered with James Jordan, Gabby was booted off in week four, while her husband finished in fifth place with James' wife Ola.
Logan has also hosted coverage of the Aquatics World Championships.
Gabby has won Sports Presenter of the Year four times at the Television and Radio Industries Club Awards in 2000, 2002, 2004, and in 2014.
The top presenter is also one of the main hosts of BBC Sports Personality Of The Year.
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