Clare Balding

Clare Balding CBE
Balding in August 2017
Born	Clare Victoria Balding (1971-01-29) 29 January 1971 (age 53) Kingsclere, Hampshire, England
Nationality	English
Alma mater	Newnham College, Cambridge
Occupations	Television and radio presenter journalist jockey
Employers	BBC Channel 4 RFL
Spouse	Alice Arnold ​ (m. 2015)​
Parents	Ian Balding (father) Emma Hastings-Bass (mother)
Relatives	Andrew Balding (brother) Gerald Barnard Balding Sr. (grandfather) Toby Balding (uncle) Ivor G. Balding (great-uncle) Ruth Wood, Countess of Halifax (great-aunt)
Clare Balding's voice from the BBC programme Desert Island Discs, 12 January 2013[1]

Clare Victoria Balding CBE (born 29 January 1971)^[2] is an English broadcast journalist and author. She currently presents for BBC Sport and Channel 4, and previously BT Sport, and formerly presented the programme Good Morning Sunday on BBC Radio 2. Balding was appointed as the 30th president of the Rugby Football League, serving a two-year term until December 2022.^[3]