Brydon Coverdale

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Brydon Coverdale
Born (1981-09-19) 19 September 1981 (age 42)
Camperdown, Victoria, Australia
NationalityAustralian
Other names"The Shark"
Occupation(s)Quiz show personality
Cricket journalist
Known for The Chase Australia (2015–present)

Brydon Coverdale (born 19 September 1981 [1] ) is an Australian television quiz program personality best known for being one of the "chasers" on The Chase Australia , where he is nicknamed "The Shark". [2]

Coverdale grew up in Camperdown in Victoria and attended Mercy Regional College. [3] In later life he moved to the city to study journalism. He is a fan of sport, particularly cricket. [4] Prior to The Chase Australia, Coverdale appeared on several other Australian quiz programs, including Million Dollar Minute where he won $307,000 in 2014. He became the first grand champion of Pass the Buck where he won $38,788 in 2002. He also won a total of $32,000 on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? , appeared on The Weakest Link in 2001, Deal or No Deal in 2005 and was a quarter-finalist on Letters and Numbers in 2011. He has also appeared on Sale of the Century and Wheel of Fortune . [5]

Coverdale also worked as a reporter and assistant editor at ESPNcricinfo , a news website exclusively for cricket, for 11 years. [6] [7]

On 5 October 2013, Coverdale married Zoe in Eltham, Melbourne, Australia. [8] They have a daughter named Heidi and a son, Fletcher. [3]

Coverdale also runs a blog named DadReads, discussing children's books he has read to his children. [9]

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