Munyaradzi Thomas Kingsley "Radzi" Chinyanganya was born on 12 September 1986 and is a British presenter and broadcaster.
20 Facts About Radzi Chinyanganya
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Radzi Chinyanganya co-presented the BBC children's TV programme Blue Peter from 2013 until 2019, and the ITV game show Cannonball in 2017.
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In October 2018, it was announced that Chinyanganya would be working for American professional wrestling company WWE for its NXT UK brand, as a backstage interviewer.
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Radzi Chinyanganya was born in Oxford, Oxfordshire, and lived there for his first ten years, subsequently moving to Wolverhampton where he spent his teenage years.
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Radzi Chinyanganya was born to a Scottish mother and a Zimbabwean father.
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Radzi Chinyanganya hosted the weightlifting tournament, spoke on stage at the Excel Arena, interviewed athletes, introduced the weight categories and entertained the crowd.
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Radzi Chinyanganya was invited back to present the London 2012 Paralympic Games.
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Radzi Chinyanganya was a presenter with the BBC coverage of the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea and the 2020 Snooker World Championship, Sheffield.
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Radzi Chinyanganya was the official commentator of the 2018 World's Ultimate Strongman Competition in Dubai.
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In 2021, Radzi Chinyanganya was part of the Eurosport presenting team at the Tokyo Olympics.
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Radzi Chinyanganya presented Your Body: Your Image for BBC Two, an educational series about body image in schools.
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Radzi Chinyanganya co-presented Wild on CBBC with Naomi Wilkinson and Tim Warwood which first aired in 2013.
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Radzi Chinyanganya was a reporter and presenter of CBBC's Match of the Day Kickabout.
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Radzi Chinyanganya was a contestant in Sky One's Gladiators in 2008 and reached the semi-finals and was the only contestant in history to attempt the eliminator wearing a swimming cap.
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Radzi Chinyanganya was selected to attend Kiss FM's Presenter Academy, and spent the whole summer online reporting for Bauer Media radio station.
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Radzi Chinyanganya has a cameo as Mi in Kung Fu Panda 3.
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Radzi Chinyanganya is a former backstage interviewer for WWE's NXT UK brand.
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Radzi Chinyanganya is Christian, and has stated in interview that his Christian faith is one of his driving passions.
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Radzi Chinyanganya has described his parents as being Christians, but from different Christian denominations, leading to an inter-faith upbringing.
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In November 2020 Radzi Chinyanganya announced on the BBC's Songs of Praise programme that his own baptism had taken place at the Roman Catholic church of St Leonard and St Fergus in Ardler, a suburb of Dundee.