Francesca Cumani

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Francesca Cumani
Francesca Cumani at Goodwood.jpg
Francesca Cumani presenting for ITV Racing at Goodwood, 2021
Born1983 (age 40–41)
Newmarket, Suffolk
Education Tudor Hall School
Alma mater University of Bristol
Occupation Television presenter
Television ITV
Nine Network
Spouse
Rob Archibald
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(m. 2014;div. 2018)​
PartnerMax Johnson (2020-)
Children3
ParentLuca Cumani (father)

Francesca Cumani is a horse racing presenter working for ITV Racing and Nine's Wide World of Sports. She has previously been part of the coverage of the Melbourne Cup with Seven Network and 10 Sport.

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Education

Cumani was educated at Tudor Hall School, [1] a boarding and day independent school for girls, between the village of Bloxham and the market town of Banbury, in Oxfordshire. She left the school in 2001. [1]

Following school, Cumani attended the University of Bristol, from which she graduated with a degree in French and Spanish. [2]

Career

After attending university Cumani worked in the family business of training and breeding race horses. After taking horses to Australia on a trip, she was offered an opportunity to be a guest presenter on Australia's Channel 7's horse racing broadcast. This led to a permanent job with CNN presenting Winning Post. [2] She presented it in both English and Spanish. [3] Cumani is also a presenter on Australia's Network 10 Melbourne Cup Coverage. [4]

Cumani began working for ITV Racing in 2016. [5] In February 2019 Ed Chamberlin and Cumani were joint winners of the Broadcast Sports Presenter of the Year at the SJA Awards. [6]

Personal life

Cumani was born in Newmarket, Suffolk, and is the daughter of trainer Luca Cumani. Francesca received her amateur jockey licence at the age of 18 [2] and had four wins. [7]

In 2014 Cumani married Australian international polo player, Rob Archibald. [8] In April 2016 their son was born. In 2018 Cumani and Archibald separated. [9] Following their separation, Cumani was in a relationship with fellow ITV Racing presenter, Oli Bell. They split in 2020. [10] In December 2021, she announced that she was expecting her second child with partner Max Johnson. In June 2022, Cumani gave birth to a son, Teddy. Francesca gave birth to her 3rd child in December 2023 [11]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Tudor Hall School". Schools Show. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 "The Fold Woman: Francesca Cumani" . Retrieved 4 June 2019.
  3. ↑ "My life: Francesca Cumani" . Retrieved 4 June 2019.
  4. ↑ "Seven's Francesca Cumani returning to 10 for Cup Week coverage". 29 January 2019. Retrieved 3 June 2019.
  5. ↑ "Who is Francesca Cumani and the rest of the ITV Cheltenham presenters?". 14 March 2019. Retrieved 3 June 2019.
  6. ↑ "A double act, some new names and a tragic accident shape broadcast awards". 27 February 2019. Retrieved 3 June 2019.
  7. ↑ "My life: Francesca Cumani". 21 December 2013. Retrieved 4 June 2019.
  8. ↑ "My life: Francesca Cumani". 21 December 2013. Retrieved 3 June 2019.
  9. ↑ "Seven's Francesca Cumani splits with polo-playing Australian husband for ITV" . Retrieved 3 June 2019.
  10. ↑ "Francesca Cumani split with partner Oli Bell". news.com.au. Retrieved 5 July 2022.
  11. ↑ "Channel 10 racing presenter Francesca Cumani welcomes a child with triathlete boyfriend Max Johnson - and reveals her son's delightfully English name". Flipboard. Retrieved 5 July 2022.


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