Brydon Coverdale

Brydon Coverdale
Born (1981-09-19) September 19, 1981
Camperdown, Victoria, Australia
Nationality Australian
Other names The Shark
Occupation Contestant on Game Show
Cricket journalist

Brydon Coverdale (born 19 September 1981[1]) is an Australian quiz personality best known for being one of the "Chasers" on The Chase Australia, where he is nicknamed "The Shark".[2]

Coverdale grew up in Camperdown in Victoria. In later life he moved to the city to study journalism. He is a fan of sport, particularly cricket.[3] Prior to The Chase Australia, Coverdale appeared on several other Australian quiz programs, including, Million Dollar Minute, where he won $307,000 in 2014. He became the first grand champion of Pass the Buck where he won $38,788 in 2002. He also won a total of $32,000 on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?, appeared on The Weakest Link in 2001, Deal or No Deal in 2005 and was a quarter-finalist on Letters and Numbers in 2011. He has also appeared on Sale of the Century and Wheel of Fortune.[4]

Coverdale is a reporter and assistant editor at ESPNcricinfo, a news website exclusively for cricket.[5][6]

On October 5, 2013, Coverdale married Zoe in Eltham, Melbourne, Australia.[7] They have a daughter named Heidi and a son, Fletcher.

Coverdale also runs a blog named DadReads, discussing children's books he has read to his children.[8]

References

  1. ↑ "Warrnambool Standard". Facebook. 19 September 2017. Retrieved 23 July 2018.
  2. ↑ "Seven previews The Chase". Mediaweek. 10 August 2015. Retrieved 11 August 2015.
  3. ↑ "The Chasers The Shark Brydon Coverdale" (PDF). Seven West Media. Retrieved 13 April 2016.
  4. ↑ "Brydon on Channel 7's The Chase". Camperdown Chronicle. Retrieved 13 April 2016.
  5. ↑ "Brydon Coverdale (@brydoncoverdale)". Twitter. Retrieved 13 April 2016.
  6. ↑ "Brydon Coverdale Assistant editor at ESPNcricinfo". Retrieved 24 July 2017.
  7. ↑ "Introducing Zoe & Brydon Coverdale". Flickr. Retrieved 13 April 2016.
  8. ↑ Coverdale, Brydon. "DadReads". Blogger. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
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