Gavin Ramjaun

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Gavin Ramjaun
Born
Gavin Ramjaun

(1981-12-13) 13 December 1981 (age 42)
Worcester, Worcestershire, England
Alma mater Cardiff Business School
City University London
Occupation(s)Journalist, presenter
Notable credit(s) Newsround
Sportsround
BBC News
Daybreak

Gavin Ramjaun (born 13 December 1981 [1] [2] ) is a British journalist known for his work with the BBC, Sky Sports and ITV Breakfast. His parents hail from Mauritius. He was born in Worcester.

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Education

Ramjaun was educated at the University of Cardiff's Cardiff Business School, where he obtained two degrees, followed by City University London, where he obtained a Postgraduate Degree in Journalism.[ citation needed ]

Broadcasting career

Ramjaun joined the Newsround team in 2007 as a replacement for Thalia Pellegrini. Since then he presented a wide variety of reports and the main 5:00pm programme. His role was primarily as a Breakfast and weekend presenter. He also presented items on the Newsround spin-off show Sportsround .

In 2009, Ramjaun left Newsround to join BBC News. He joined the BBC's Breakfast team and regularly made special reports for the show. He also presented sport news on the BBC News Channel. Ramjaun was part of the BBC Sport reporting team at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada. [1]

In September 2010, Ramjaun joined ITV's newly launched Daybreak as a news correspondent, on 6 December 2011 he became a sports correspondent, [3] on 31 August 2012 he moved on from the show.

He has since rejoined the BBC Sport, working as a correspondent and working as one of the BBC Breakfast sport presenters. [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 All about Gavin CBBC Newsround
  2. ↑ ""London Live: meet Gavin Ramjaun — our anchor with attitude"". 11 March 2014.
  3. ↑ Biography Archived 2013-01-05 at the Wayback Machine Gavin Ramjaun Official
  4. ↑ "The Apprentice's Akeem has famous best friend who is BBC Breakfast star". Birmingham Live. 7 January 2022.
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