Giles Long

Giles Bruce Long MBE (born 9 July 1976, Harold Wood, London),[1] is a retired British swimmer, public speaker, TV presenter & commentator. He is also the inventor of LEXI. Giles was part of the UK Channel 4 presenting and commentary team for the London 2012 Paralympics.His contribution was very well received. Clive James in the Daily Telegraph wrote "Giles Long, himself three times a Paralympics swimming gold medallist, who was so thorough in explaining the requirements of swimming with a damaged body that you learned a lot about swimming in general." On the lead up to the 2012 Paralympics he presented the IPC World Swimming Championships in 2010 (both highlights and live web broadcast), BT Paralympic World Cup live coverage in 2011, the highlights of the IPC European Wheelchair Fencing Championships and packages for That Paralympic Show.[8] In 2010 and 2011 he worked on the sports desk at Sky News and for the BBC News Channel. Earlier in his career he had untaken work placements with BBC Radio 1 on the Mark & Lard Show, BBC Radio 5 Live, BBC Radio Manchester.