Gavin Ramjaun
{{Short description|British journalist}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Gavin Ramjaun
| image =
| birthname = Gavin Ramjaun
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1981|December|13|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Worcester, Worcestershire, England
| alma mater = Cardiff Business School
City University London
| occupation = Journalist, presenter
| spouse =
| children =
| credits = Newsround
Sportsround
BBC News
Daybreak
}}
Gavin Ramjaun (born 13 December 1981{{cite web|title="London Live: meet Gavin Ramjaun — our anchor with attitude"|date=11 March 2014 |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/london-life/london-live-meet-gavin-ramjaun-our-anchor-with-attitude-9184574.html}}) 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.
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|date=February 2020}}
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.[http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/newsid_5290000/newsid_5299200/5299268.stm All about Gavin] CBBC Newsround
In September 2010, Ramjaun joined ITV's newly launched Daybreak as a news correspondent, on 6 December 2011 he became a sports correspondent,[http://www.gavinrofficial.com/bio.html Biography] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130105032250/http://www.gavinrofficial.com/bio.html |date=2013-01-05 }} Gavin Ramjaun Official 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.{{cite news|url=https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/showbiz-tv/apprentices-akeem-famous-best-friend-22672391|title=The Apprentice's Akeem has famous best friend who is BBC Breakfast star|website=Birmingham Live|date=7 January 2022}}
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|id=9927937|name=Gavin Ramjaun}}
- [http://www.gavinrofficial.com Gavin Ramjaun Official] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130105032245/http://www.gavinrofficial.com/ |date=5 January 2013 }}
- [https://twitter.com/gavinrofficial Gavin Ramjaun] on Twitter
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Category:Alumni of Cardiff University
Category:Alumni of City, University of London
Category:British television presenters
Category:English people of Indian descent
Category:English people of Mauritian descent
Category:British people of Indo-Mauritian descent
Category:English male journalists
Category:Mass media people from Worcester, England
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