Clare Balding
Broadcaster, Winner of the BAFTA Special Award and RTS Presenter of the Year Award
- Shares behind-the-scenes stories from decades at the forefront of global sporting events, from Olympic triumphs to Royal pageantry.
- Champions diversity and inclusion in sport with powerful insights drawn from her groundbreaking broadcasting career and advocacy for women’s sports.
- Inspires audiences with lessons on resilience, reinvention, and leadership, blending personal memoir, elite sports interviews, and bestselling storytelling.
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About Clare Balding
Download ProfileClare has worked on every Olympic Games since 1996 and on every Paralympics since 2000. Winning the BAFTA’s Special Award for her work on London 2012, she continues to present major events in sport, factual documentaries, and Royal events such as the wedding between Prince Harry and Meghan Markle.
A passionate campaigner for equality and women’s sport, Clare is also a best-selling author of two memoirs and four children’s novels, alongside her latest non-fiction Heroic Animals and children’s non-fiction Fall Off, Get Back On, Keep Going.
Clare was invested as a Commander of the British Empire by HRH The Princess Royal in December 2022 at Buckingham Palace for her services to sport and charity.
Speech Topics
Download TopicsImpassioned with giving women a spotlight, projecting their voices, and creating a platform to fulfil their aspirations, Clare understands the power of women, especially in the male-dominated industries she works in.
Discussing the transition of her own career and developing her personal brand, Clare analyses her transition, from a broadcaster, to an award-winning author and campaigned.
Clare uses different sporting disciplines, such as Emotional Intelligence, to draw parallels between sport and business; as well as reflecting on current affairs.
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