Tim Gilbert
Broadcast Journalist & MC
One of Australia’s most recognised, celebrated and experienced TV and radio journalists, Tim Gilbert has reported on some of the greatest local and international sporting moments from the last 30 years.
Tim’s career commenced in Goulburn, NSW at Hits and Memories 2GN radio upon completion of a Communications Degree. Later, he became a Sports Broadcaster and reporter with Radio 2UE in Sydney, anchoring many shows and covering live sporting events including travelling to the Subcontinent to report on the 1996 Cricket World Cup.
Upon returning to Australia, he joined Channel 9 as an integral part of the iconic Wide World of Sports team. He continued over the next 23 years working on the majority of the Nine Network’s sports productions such as The Cricket Show and The Footy Show, cementing his place as a household name, as a commentator, presenter and reporter.
In 2009 Tim was appointed as a weekend sports presenter on the long-running Weekend TODAY morning show, moving to a new role in 2014, presenting sports on the weekday TODAY morning show. He spent over a decade in total with the TODAY show family.
Tim Gilbert’s illustrious reporting credits include cricket in India, major golf tournaments in the USA, the London Olympics, the Vancouver Winter Olympics, as well as two Commonwealth Games, in Melbourne and Kuala Lumpur.
A professional and personal highlight of his long-standing career was the 50th anniversary of Don Bradman’s Invincibles in 1998, where he interviewed 10 of the 13 surviving members for a two-part feature on The
Cricket Show.
Tim is a presenter for Sky News Australia, hosting the Weekend Breakfast Show. During his time there he has also launched two new programs for the network; Racing Dreams and The Business of Sport.