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12 Facts About Stuart Storey

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Stuart Ellis Storey was born on 16 September 1942 and is a British sports commentator and former 110 m hurdler.

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Stuart Storey grew up in Holbeach, later helping to coach local resident Geoff Capes at Holbeach Athletics Club.

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Stuart Storey went on to represent Great Britain at the 1968 Summer Olympics.

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Stuart Storey represented England in the 110 meters hurdles, at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland.

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Stuart Storey held the British record at the 200 m hurdles.

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Stuart Storey was the BBC's regular basketball and squash commentator during the 1970s and 1980s.

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Stuart Storey left the BBC after the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing.

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Stuart Storey later worked as a freelance commentator for Nova International for their Great Run series of road races, for IMG Sweden on the world feed of the IAAF Diamond League athletics meetings and for the host broadcasting services for the 2012 Olympic Games in London and 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.

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Stuart Storey provided commentary at the Sochi winter Olympics for a number of broadcasters.

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Stuart Storey stopped working as a commentator after the Diamond League meeting in Brussels on 1 September 2017.

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Stuart Storey retired from commentating near the end of the 2017, after 44 years of work.

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Stuart Storey said that his favourite moment commentating was in 2012 London Olympic games where he was the lead commentator for the track events along with Peter Matthews.