Australian long jumper
David Culbert
Nationality Australian Born (1967-03-17 ) 17 March 1967 (age 57) Sport Track and field Event Long jump
David Thomas Culbert (born 17 March 1967 in Sydney ) is a former international track and field athlete. In an international long jump career that spanned ten years, he won two Commonwealth Games silver medals in 1990 and 1994 [ 1] and also made finals at the 1992 Olympics .[ 2]
Since his retirement, he has established himself as Australia's track and field commentator working with Channel 7 and SBS as well as various radio stations. In 2004 and 2005 he hosted a Sunday morning discussion show, The Insiders on Melbourne station SEN 1116 .
In his role as a commentator, he has called Athletics at the 2000, 2004 and 2008 Olympic Games , 1998 and 2002 and 2006 Commonwealth Games and the past five World Athletics Championships .
He has also held the role of reporter/producer on Channel Seven programs Talking Footy , The Olympic Show and Sportsworld .
Culbert runs a sports media, promotion and marketing firm called Jump Media and has clients including Athletics Australia and the Australian Commonwealth Games Association .
He has worked on projects for Hockey Australia , the International Triathlon Union and Gymnastics Australia .
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