Denis Brogniart

Denis Brogniart
in Haiti, 2012
Born	(1967-06-12) 12 June 1967 (age 54) Dijon, France
Occupation	Television host

Denis Brogniart (French: [dəni bʁɔɲaʁ]; born 12 June 1967 in Dijon) is a French sport journalist and television host. He presents the show Koh-Lanta since 2002 and Formula One racing on TF1 with Marion Jollès Grosjean.

Personal life[]

Married in 2007 with Hortense, Denis Brogniart has four children (born between 2000 and 2007) including three with his current wife. He had twin sisters Lili and Violette, and a son named Dimitri. He has two brothers, one named Francis. His mother is a mathematics teacher and his father works in a bank.^[1]

Denis Brogniart was born to a mother who was a professor of mathematics and a father who holds a doctorate in law and a banking executive. He has two brothers: François and Gilles Brogniart.

After a scientific baccalaureate at the Lycée Louis Pergaud in Besançon, he tried for a year and a half to go to medical school. He gave up and started working as a lifeguard and animator at Club Med in Spain and as an SB instructor in Port-des-Barques (with the city of Chennevières). He is in charge of the animation of the pool games2. At the same time, he is studying to become a teacher of physical education and sports. After graduating from the University of Caen Basse-Normandie, he entered the Institut pratique de journalisme (IPJ) in Paris1. His dream has always been to work as a sports journalist.

Humanitarian and solidarity commitments[]

Denis Brogniart during a visit to an orphanage in Haiti.

Since 2010, Denis Brogniart has been supporting the Foundation of Emergency Architects, of which he has become the sponsor.

Emergency Architects whose purpose is to assist populations affected by natural or human disasters around the world, and who rebuild homes, schools or infrastructure to enable the poorest to regain decent living conditions as soon as possible after a disaster.

For the past two years, he has been the godfather of the war wounded of CABAT, the Army's Wounded Aid Cell. (source: Mindef - CABAT)

Denis Brogniart has also made several trips to the Foundation's activities, in Haiti for example, to testify and put his reputation at the service of this cause.^{[citation needed]}

Since the beginning of 2018, Denis Brogniart has been an ambassador for the ARC Foundation for Cancer Research. He will also be the sponsor of the 5th edition of the Triathlon des Roses, dedicated to breast cancer research.

TV career[]

• 2001 : Les Aventuriers de Koh-Lanta (narrator, Thaïlande)
• 2002 : Les Aventuriers de Koh-Lanta (Costa Rica)
• 2003 : Fear Factor
• 2003 : Koh-Lanta (Panama)
• 2004 :
  • Koh-Lanta (Panama)
  • F1 à la Une
• 2005 :
  • Koh-Lanta (Nouvelle-Calédonie)
  • L'Île de la tentation
• 2006 : Koh-Lanta (Vanuatu)
• 2007 : Koh-Lanta (Philippines)
• 2008 :
  • Auto Critiques and Moto Critiques, on Eurosport France
  • Téléfoot
  • Euro 2008 : Le mag
  • Koh-Lanta (Philippines)
  • Qui peut battre Benjamin Castaldi ?
  • Domino Day
• 2009 : Koh-Lanta : le retour des héros^[2]

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