Gabrielle Nicole Logan MBE (née Yorath; born 24 April 1973) is a Welsh[1][2] television and radio presenter, and a former rhythmic gymnast who represented Wales and Great Britain.
She has also presented live sports events for the BBC, including a revived episode of Superstars in December 2012 and the London Marathon since 2015.
The family moved frequently because her father played for a number of British teams as well as in Canada with the Vancouver Whitecaps.
[6] She attended Cardinal Heenan High School and Notre Dame Sixth Form College in Leeds.
She played netball at school and at university and also competed in the high jump, but the peak of her sporting career was when she placed 11th in rhythmic gymnastics representing Wales at the 1990 Commonwealth Games in Auckland.
She continues to regularly present and report on live football for the BBC, including hosting Final Score from 2009 until 2013.
She has also hosted live coverage of other sporting events such as the 2013 Aquatics World Championships[17] Since 2009, Logan has been a frequent stand-in presenter on The One Show on BBC One.
[18] In August 2013, Logan began hosting the BBC One series I Love My Country, featuring team captains Micky Flanagan and Frank Skinner on Saturday evenings.
In October 2013, the programme was axed due to largely negative press reviews and poor viewing figures.
[44][45] In August 2014, Logan was one of 200 public figures who were signatories to a letter to The Guardian expressing their hope that Scotland would vote to remain part of the United Kingdom in September's referendum on that issue.
[56] In addition, her work with the presenting team for the Commonwealth Games[57] and Women's Euros[58] saw both shortlisted for RTS "Sports Programme" Award in 2023.
[62] Upon becoming one of the first female sports anchors to break into terrestrial television in the 1990s, Logan has received praise from many of her fellow professionals such as Terry Venables, Ally McCoist and Des Lynam.
[63] Her natural style of broadcasting, combined with her relaxed demeanor and ability to banter with whichever ex-pro whom she is working alongside, has made Logan a hugely popular figure on TV.
[68] In 1992, Logan's 15-year-old brother Daniel (born 1977) collapsed and died from hypertrophic cardiomyopathy after playing football with his dad in their back garden.
[85] Her brother Jordan Yorath (born 1985) played football for England Universities in 2008, and for Sheffield Wednesday, Halifax Town and Wakefield F.C.
[87] In June 2012, Logan was named by The Times newspaper as one of several people to have put money into a film and tax avoidance scheme.
[93] Logan is currently a patron of Brainkind,[94] The Prince's Trust, St John's Catholic School for the Deaf, Great Ormond Street Hospital and Newcastle United Foundation.