Sara Orlesky

Sara Orlesky (born July 31, 1980) is a Canadian sports reporter and the Winnipeg Bureau Reporter for TSN's SportsCentre.[1] In 2008, The Globe and Mail newspaper described her as "among the top young female sports broadcasters in Canada."[2]

Sara Orlesky
Born (1980-07-31) July 31, 1980
Winnipeg, Manitoba
OccupationCanadian Sports Reporter
EmployerTSN
Known forSportsCentre, CFL on TSN

Biography

Sara Orlesky was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, July 31, 1980. She graduated from Shaftesbury High School in Winnipeg.

Orlesky was hired in November 2007 and joined TSN in January 2008 as a reporter for the Toronto bureau, filing reports on major sports stories in the Greater Toronto Area.[3]

Prior to working at TSN, Orlesky lived in Vancouver, British Columbia where she reported for The Score. Orlesky worked for Citytv Vancouver as a weekend sports producer, while studying communications at Simon Fraser University. She was promoted to weekend sports anchor and left there in 2004.[3] Orlesky reported on figure skating at the 2010 Winter Olympics.

When TSN opened its Winnipeg bureau, Orlesky became the lead reporter. She can be seen regularly filing reports on major sports stories in the Winnipeg area on SportsCentre, with a special focus on the Jets and Blue Bombers. She also joined the CFL on TSN broadcast team as a sideline reporter in the 2008 season where she has since covered regular season and playoff games, including the Grey Cup.[1]

References
  1. "Sara Orlesky". TSN.ca.
  2. Houston, William (December 20, 2008). "Women on TV: Looks first, knowledge later". The Globe and Mail.
  3. "Sara Orlesky Joins TSN as SportsCentre Reporter". ctvmedia.ca. Bell Media. November 7, 2007. Archived from the original on July 27, 2011.
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