Colin Bryce is a former Great Britain Olympic

Olympic Games

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 bobsledder and strongman

Strongman

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 now working as a television presenter and producer. He currently works as a sports commentator for the BBC

BBC

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, ESPN

ESPN

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, Fox Sports

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, Eurosport

Eurosport

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, Channel Five

Channel Five

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 and Channel 4

Channel 4

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At the 2002 Winter Olympics

2002 Winter Olympics

The 2002 Winter Olympics, officially the XIX Olympic Winter Games, were a winter multi-sport event that was celebrated in February 2002 in and around Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. Approximately 2,400 athletes from 77 nations participated in 78 events in fifteen disciplines, held throughout...

 in Salt Lake City, he participated in the two-man bobsleigh event only two years after taking up the sport competitively. He was the brakeman for the British team despite recovering from a broken leg only five months before. In 2004 he came out of the commentary booth and retirement to help an injury ridden British team at the World Championships in Koenigsee, Germany, where he placed in the top 20 with driver Lee Johnston

Lee Johnston

Lee Johnston, born , is an English bobsledder who has competed since 1995. Competing in three Winter Olympics, he earned his best finish of tenth in the two-man event at Salt Lake City in 2002....

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In 2004 he was the International host for the IFF Miss Fitness World Championships in Warsaw, Poland.

He has also done some high profile refereeing work on TV Shows including ITV's Ant and Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway, BBC's Superstars

Superstars

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 and ESPN's World's Strongest Man

World's Strongest Man

The World's Strongest Man is a well recognised event in strength athletics and has been described by a number of highly respected authorities in the sport as the premier event in strongman. Organized by TWI, an IMG Media company, it is broadcast around the end of December each year...

 show.

Some of his Eurosport work includes commentaries on the World Bobsleigh, Skeleton and Luge tour, the Sydney Olympics, Japanese game show Viking: The Ultimate Obstacle Course

Viking: The Ultimate Obstacle Course

, sometime abbreviated to Viking: TUOC, is a Japanese obstacle course endurance game show using an obstacle course produced by Fuji TV and Monster9. The English version of Viking is produced by ESPN2 with two American commentators calling the action. In Europe it airs on Eurosport 2 with the...

, the Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest

Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest

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, The Sthil Lumberjack World Championships, K-1

K-1

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 Total Knock Out and the BDO World Darts Championship

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Bryce was a BBC commentator at the Winter Olympics in Turin 2006 and Vancouver 2010, working alongside Paul Dickenson

Paul Dickenson

Derek Paul Dickenson is a retired male hammer thrower from England, who represented the United Kingdom at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1976 . His best Olympic result was finishing in 14th place at the 1976 Summer Olympics, throwing 68.52 metres...

. They commentated on the only British medal when Amy Williams

Amy Williams

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 took Gold in the Skeleton event.

The duo also did the World Strongest Man TV series 2009 and 2010 on Bravo Television in the UK. Since 2003, Colin has presented the World Strongest Man Qualifying Tours, Giants Live

Giants Live

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 and the Strongman Super Series

Strongman Super Series

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, often with former England rugby player Martin Bayfield

Martin Bayfield

Martin Christopher Bayfield is an English former rugby union footballer who played lock forward for Northampton Saints, Bedford Blues and England, gaining 31 England and 3 Lions caps.Bayfield was born in Bedford...

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Bryce commentated the Highlander Challenge 2009 series which took place at Scone Palace and aired on Channel 4. Recently, he presented the Abu Dhabi Adventure Challenge

Abu Dhabi Adventure Challenge

The Abu Dhabi Adventure Challenge is an annual multi-sports endurance race during whichco-ed teams of four make their way through a punishing six-day, 400 kilometre route across Abu Dhabi - the largest of the seven emirates which make up the United Arab Emirates...

2009 and 2010 series for Eurosport TV. The event is an extreme 5-day adventure race all around the emirate.

External links

• http://www.colinbryce.com/colinbryce.com, official website
• 2002 bobsleigh two-man results
• British Olympic Association profile