Francesca Cumani
Francesca Cumani is a horse racing presenter working for ITV Racing.
Education[]
Cumani was educated at Tudor Hall School,[1] a boarding and day independent school for girls, between the village of Bloxham and the market town of Banbury, in Oxfordshire. She left the school in 2001.[1]
Following school, Cumani attended the University of Bristol, from which she graduated with a degree in French and Spanish.[2]
Career[]
After attending university Cumani worked in the family business of training and breeding race horses. After taking horses to Australia on a trip, she was offered an opportunity to be a guest presenter on Australia's Channel 7's horse racing broadcast. This led to a permanent job with CNN presenting Winning Post.[3]She presented it in both English and Spanish. [4] Cumani is also a presenter on Australia's Network 10 Melbourne Cup Coverage. [5]
Cumani began working for ITV Racing in 2016.[6] In February 2019 Ed Chamberlin and Cumani were joint winners of the Broadcast Sports Presenter of the Year at the SJA Awards.[7]
Personal life[]
Cumani was born in Newmarket, Suffolk, and is the daughter of trainer Luca Cumani. Francesca received her amateur jockey licence at the age of 18[8] and had four wins.[9]
In 2014 Cumani married Australian international polo player, Rob Archibald.[10] In April 2016 their son was born. In 2018 Cumani and Archibald separated.[11]
References[]
- ^ a b "Tudor Hall School". Schools Show. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
- ^ "The Fold Woman: Francesca Cumani". Retrieved 4 June 2019.
- ^ "The Fold Woman: Francesca Cumani". Retrieved 4 June 2019.
- ^ "My life: Francesca Cumani". Retrieved 4 June 2019.
- ^ "Seven's Francesca Cumani returning to 10 for Cup Week coverage". Retrieved 3 June 2019.
- ^ "Who is Francesca Cumani and the rest of the ITV Cheltenham presenters?". Retrieved 3 June 2019.
- ^ "A double act, some new names and a tragic accident shape broadcast awards". Retrieved 3 June 2019.
- ^ "The Fold Woman: Francesca Cumani". Retrieved 4 June 2019.
- ^ "My life: Francesca Cumani". Retrieved 4 June 2019.
- ^ "My life: Francesca Cumani". Retrieved 3 June 2019.
- ^ "Seven's Francesca Cumani splits with polo-playing Australian husband for ITV". Retrieved 3 June 2019.
- ITV people
- Living people
- Sports commentators
- People from Newmarket, Suffolk
- Women sports announcers
- British horse racing writers and broadcasters
- English sports broadcasters
- English people of Italian descent
- Equestrian commentators
- English television biography stubs