Jacqui Oatley

Jacqui Oatley: Biography in Details

Who is Jacqui Oatley?

Jacqui Oatley is an English broadcaster. People mostly know her as a sports presenter, hosting mostly football for ITV Sports and BBC Sport.

Additionally, she is the first female commentator on the flagship BBC One football highlights show ‘Match of the Day.’

Jacqui Oatley: Age, Parents, Siblings, Family

Oatley was born Jacqueline Anne Oatley in Wolverhampton in 1975. She was born to parents Gerald Arthur and Sonja Oatley.

Throughout her childhood years, Jacqui Oatley grew up in Codsall, South Staffordshire. Jacqui is of British and English nationality.

Her mother is a former nurse and her father was the managing director of a large gas appliance company. Her ethnic background is Caucasian.

Education, School/College University

Talking about her education, Oatley attended the all-girls junior school, St Dominic’s in Brewood. She also passed her A-Levels at Wolverhampton Grammar School.

In addition, Jacqui Oatley also earned a degree in German in the year 1996 from the University of Leeds.

Jacqui Oatley: Professional Life, Career

Oatley initially worked for BBC WM as a news reporter. Additionally, later, she worked as a sports reporter for BBC London 94.9.

In 2003, she moved to BBC Radio 5 Live. In 2013 and 2014, Jacqui hosted Late Kick Off on BBC One in 2013 2014.

Oatley also worked as a news reporter in her native West Midlands with BBC WM. Between 2011 to 2013, she was a regular sports presenter on the BBC News Channel. She also presented live Women’s World Cup games for the BBC in 2015.

Furthermore, Oatley also presented sports news on BBC Radio 1, BBC Radio 2, and BBC Radio 4.

Additionally, she has also covered the World Snooker Championship, British Moto GP, and Open Championship golf. She was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire in the 2016 New Year Honours.

She co-hosted BBC Radio 5 Live in the summer of 2021 with Tony Livesey.

Awards, Nominations

Oatley has been highly commended and has been recognized at European Diversity Awards.

Jacqui Oatley: Net Worth, Income, Salary

Jacqui Oatley has not revealed her current salary. However, she has an estimated net worth of around $1.5 million as of 2022.

Rumors, Controversy/Scandal

Jacqui Oatley made the news after she had to call the police after a football fan threatened to “cut” her in abusive tweets.

At present, there are no rumors concerning her life and career.

Height, Weight, Body Size

Talking about her body measurement, Jacqui Oatley has a height of 5 feet 6 inches. Additionally, she weighs around 56 kg.

Furthermore, her natural hair color is blonde and her eye color is blue.

Facebook, Instagram, Twitter

Jacqui Oatley is active on social media. She has a huge number of followers on social networking sites such as Instagram, and Twitter.

She has more than 140k followers on Twitter. In addition, she has over 2k followers on Instagram.

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References: (theguardian, dailymail, bbc)