Orla Chennaoui (née Heron), born 13 November 1979 in Draperstown, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland, is a television journalist and former all-Ireland triple jump champion. She completed a degree in Law and French at Queen's University Belfast and a postgraduate diploma in journalism at Napier University in Edinburgh, where she began her journalism career in print media.
Chennaoui worked in radio at 2 Ten FM in Reading and in regional television news for ITV Meridian and STV. In 2005, she joined Sky News as Northern Ireland correspondent and moved to Sky Sports in 2010, specializing in cycling and serving as principal correspondent for the 2012 and 2016 Olympic Games. In 2019, she joined Eurosport as lead presenter for cycling coverage.
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