Vassos Alexander


Vassos Alexander is a British sports reporter, presenter, author and endurance runner. He is currently the sports presenter of The Chris Evans Breakfast Show on Virgin Radio. Alexander hosts the Parkrun podcast, he is a motivational speaker and serves as an ambassador for the young person's charity SkillForce.

Broadcasting career

From 2011, Alexander was the sports presenter on The Chris Evans Breakfast Show on BBC Radio 2. However, in January 2019, Alexander along with Chris Evans, and several members of the BBC Radio 2 team moved to the Breakfast Show on Virgin Radio, where Alexander continues is his role as the sports reporter. Vassos has worked with Chris Evans for seven years. In this time, as well reporting from the frontline of the sports world, he has shared a passion for running marathons with Evans and authored two books on the subject.
He has also worked on Radio 5 Live as a presenter, reported and commentated on BBC television, Channel 4, BT Sport and Eurosport. He has reported on six Olympic Games for BBC Sport and currently commentates on tennis, golf, diving and darts.

Podcasts

Since April 2018, Alexander has been the co-host of 'free weekly timed', a podcast on the global running phenomenon of Parkrun. Alexander is a Parkrunner and co-hosts the podcast with Louise Ayling.

Running

Alexander has completed some of the hardest ultra-marathons in the sport including the 153-mile Spartathalon and ironman triathlons. He has also run over 50 road marathons and has a sub-3-hour personal best.

Author

Alexander is the author of two best selling books:
Alexander lives in Barnes, south-west London with his wife and three children.