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Former tennis champ Dan Lobb has served an ace by landing a job on the GMTV sofa as our new sports presenter
Dan Lobb joined GMTV in January 2010 as the station's Sport Presenter.
Born in 1972, Dan grew up just outside Winchester, Hampshire, where he attended Thornden Secondary School and Peter Symonds Sixth Form College. Dan went on to study International Business at the University of Tennessee while on a tennis scholarship and graduated with 'high honours'.
After coaching at various tennis clubs in London, Dan played professionally for three years reaching a British ranking of 18 in 1997. After retiring in 1998, Dan combined coaching and modelling for three years as well as getting involved in sports PR and marketing in London.
In 2001 Dan started part-time work at a local Croydon cable station, Cable 17, assisting the sports producer before being given the opportunity to present a live show. After spending a short time at Channel 5 News, Dan moved to Sky Sports in January 2002.
After completing a training course with the Sports News production team, Dan became a sports reporter and presenter for Sky News before joining Sky Sports News. Leaving his role on Sky Sports News, Dan returned to Sky News to become a sports presenter in May 2009.
Dan has also presented the Sky Poker programme 'The Club' – a humorous magazine show based around poker.
Dan lives in South West London and counts golf as his favourite pastime. He can still be found on the tennis courts and playing football from time-to-time.
