- Personal Appearances
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Suzi Perry
SUZI PERRY was born in an RAF hospital in Shropshire, England. She attended Smestow School Wolverhampton, and had a school job as a lighting technician at Wolverhampton's Grand Theatre. She went on to study business studies and finance at college.
Television Motorsports Correspondent
After college she had a break in modelling and spent 15 months in Japan and 18 months in London. While modelling she had a trial for Sky TV, and resultantly became a pitlane reporter for Sky in World Superbikes, Speedway and Grand Prix. Perry is the first female to present motorcycle racing in the world. She is now known as a motor sports correspondent, reporting on motorcycle racing for BBC News and also appears in other sports-related programmes. Namely; Wimbledon, The Boat Race, The London Marathon and The Great North Run.
Suzi appeared on Treasure Hunt where she took the 'skyrunner' role made famous by Anneka Rice. She also helped to cover the 2004 Olympics in Athens. Her other shows include Housecall, Superstars, City Hospital, Holiday, Moto GP and The Gadget Show.
In 2006, she appeared as a celebrity showjumper in the BBC's Sport Relief event Only Fools on Horses, after being voted off of the show, she revealed that she had fallen off her horse a total of 12 times.
