British field hockey player, and television personality
Sam Quek MBE
Quek in 2023
Personal information
Birth name
Samantha Ann Quek[1]
Born
(1988-10-18) 18 October 1988 (age 35) Liverpool, England
Height
1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)
Weight
62 kg (9 st 11 lb)
Sport
Country
England United Kingdom
Sport
Field hockey
Medal record
Representing Great Britain
Olympic Games
2016 Rio de Janeiro
Team
Representing England
European Championship
2015 London
2013 Boom
Commonwealth Games
2014 Glasgow
Team
Samantha Ann Quek, MBE (born 18 October 1988) is an English television personality and former field hockey player. She played as a defender for both the England and Great Britain teams, wearing squad number 13, and won gold as part of the British team at the 2016 Summer Olympics.
Quek has presented various television sports shows, including American football on the BBC, rugby union on Channel 5, field hockey on BT Sport, and football for Channel 4 and LFC TV. She has appeared as a contestant on shows including I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! in 2016 and Celebrity Masterchef in 2020, where she reached the final three.
In 2021, Quek became a team captain on the BBC One sports panel show, Question of Sport.
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Hat Trick production, which was shown on ITV, with Tim Vine as host and SamQuek and Paul Sinha as team captains. In 2019 he founded production company...
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Chase with Jenny "The Vixen" Ryan. In the Final Chase, he teamed up with SamQuek and Charlie Higson to defeat the Vixen and win £7,666.66 (1/3 of £23,000)...
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also presents on BT Sport. In July 2021, it was announced that Monye and SamQuek would be the new team captains on BBC's Question of Sport quiz show. From...
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hosted by Timur Miroshnychenko (who had co-hosted the 2017 contest) and SamQuek, with Richie Anderson providing off-screen commentary. Miroshnychenko also...
1994–present, BBC Sport 2004–2005, ITV Sport 2012–present, Channel 5 2011–present SamQuek – BBC 2021 Steve Rider – ITV 1980–1985, 2006–present, BBC Sport 1985–2005...
arts club Eric Pickles – politician John Poulson – architectural designer SamQuek – Team GB hockey player Georgia Taylor-Brown – Team GB triathlete Kevin...
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