Tracey Holmes

Who is Tracey Holmes?

Tracey Holmes is an Australian television and radio presenter, specialising largely in sport. She began working as a journalist at the Australian Broadcasting Corporation in 1989, and was Australia's first female host of a national sports programme. Grandstand. From 1996 to 1998, she worked as a media advisor for the Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games. In 1998, she co-hosted SBS presentation of the FIFA World Cup. She appeared on the nightly World Cup Show during the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany

From 1998 to 2000, she worked as a sports presenter for television station Channel Seven. This ended in some controversy when she terminated her contract in mid 2000 2000 Summer Olympics when Channel 7 disagreed with her relationship with Stan Grant. She then moved overseas with Grant and worked as a sports broadcaster in Hong Kong and Beijing.

In 2006, Holmes returned to Sydney. She acted as fill-in presenter for Richard Glover's radio drive program on 702 ABC Sydney during the 2006/2007 summer break. In February 2007, Holmes was re-appointed as the ABC Radio Grandstand announcer taking over from Simone Thurtell who moved to 1233 ABC Newcastle as drive presenter.

However, in 2009 Holmes left ABC Radio Grandstand to follow husband Stan Grant who is working for CNN as a reporter in Abu Dhabi. Holmes also worked for CNN in the middle East covering social issues, business and sport.