Sam From Strictly Famous: What's Their Claim to Fame?
Cora Lueilwitz
2025-05-13 08:23:18
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Sam has already proven herself to be multi-talented since winning an Olympic gold medal with Team GB at the 2016 Games in Rio, having moved into sports presenting and other TV work. As well as her work on Olympic broadcasts, she has fronted coverage of the NFL, rugby and football and appeared on shows including I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here, Celebrity MasterChef and a revamped version of Question of Sport.
Reta Turner
2025-05-13 07:35:02
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Former Olympic hero Sam Quek has taken her skills from the hockey pitch to the dancefloor as part of the cast of the current series of Strictly Come Dancing. The 35-year-old has proved a hit with viewers so far, with her performances alongside dance partner Nikita Kuzmin also earning praise from the judges. Quek has proven herself to be multi-talented since winning an Olympic gold medal with Team GB at the 2016 Games in Rio, having moved into sports presenting and other TV work.
As well as her work on Olympic broadcasts, she has fronted coverage of the NFL, rugby and football and worked as a columnist for Metro and the Daily Mirror. She has also featured on other popular shows including I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here, finishing fourth, and Celebrity MasterChef, reaching the grand final. In 2021, she became a team captain on a revamped version of Question of Sport, alongside rugby star Ugo Monye.
Johan Hermann
2025-05-13 07:12:51
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Sam has appeared as a contestant on a couple of reality TV shows before Strictly, such as I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! in 2016 and Celebrity Masterchef in 2020. The former Olympian and TV show host has struggled to score higher than 30 during her Strictly stint so far, ranking in the bottom four last week for her Quickstep to Unwritten by Natasha Bedingfield. The former Question of Sport star is married to entrepreneur Tom Mairs who runs a student property company in Liverpool and appeared on Channel 4's Secret Millionaire.
Cletus Hegmann
2025-05-13 07:10:17
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Sam Quek rose to fame after securing an Olympic gold medal at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. Sam is a former Olympian who, along with her team, won a gold medal in 2016. Sam competed in the 2016 Olympics as part of the Great Britain field hockey team. Together, they secured a gold medal during the games.
Bradley Collins
2025-05-13 04:53:48
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England hockey player Sam Quek, 35, is relishing getting dressed up on Strictly Come Dancing as she just doesn’t have the time for it these days. Sam, who won a gold medal for Great Britain’s Hockey team at the Rio De Janeiro Olympics in 2016, is mum to two small children and also now works as a broadcaster and presenter. The former Question of Sport star is married to entrepreneur Tom Mairs who runs a student property company in Liverpool and appeared on Channel 4 ’s Secret Millionaire. Sam has appeared as a contestant on a couple of reality TV shows before Strictly, such as I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! in 2016 and Celebrity Masterchef in 2020.
Bridget Huels
2025-05-13 04:22:12
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Samantha Ann Quek was born in Liverpool on 18 October 1988 at Mill Road Hospital. She won an Olympic gold medal as part of the Team GB field hockey team at Brazil 2016 and then embarked on a career in TV.
The Liverpool FC fan cut her teeth on the Premier League club's LFCTV channel before going on to present sports shows on football, American football, rugby and cricket on the BBC, Channel 5, Channel 4 and BT Sport. She appeared as a contestant on I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! in 2016 and four years later took part in Celebrity Masterchef, where she reached the final three. In 2021, Sam became the first female team captain on the BBC's Question of Sport quiz show.
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