Mark Beretta
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| Born | 1966 Geelong, Victoria |
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| Occupation | Sunrise Sports Presenter, Seven Network |
Mark Beretta (born 1966) is an Australian media personality. Born in Geelong.
Originally a water-skier, Beretta was a 10-time Australian champion of the sport before beginning his media career on Geelong radio station 3GL in the late 1980s. Beretta quickly rose up through the ranks of sport broadcasting in Australia through his NBL reports on Network Ten, and in 1995 the Seven Network realised his potential and signed him up to a sports reporting role, which he continues today on Sunrise. Beretta, is the main fill in for David Koch on Sunrise when he is absent.
Beretta formally co hosted Sunrise with current National Nine News presenter and Today Show newsreader Georgie Gardner in 2001. From 2001 to mid-2004 he also presented the sports section on Seven News in Sydney.
He has also commentated in Olympic Games, and holds an engineering degree.
He is a regular guest on radio station Triple M's show The Shebang.
In 2006 he was the host of Channel 7's ill-fated quiz show, The Master.
In 2007, Beretta is part of the pit-walk team with Grant Denyer and Daniel Gibson to report on the V8 Supercar Series. And Neil Crompton, Matthew White as the commentary.
Beretta was a contestent on Series 7 of Dancing With The Stars. A huge Geelong fan, he even danced to their team song on October 2, 2007.
| Preceded by Kylie Gillies |
Seven News Sydney sports anchor 2001-2004 |
Succeeded by Matthew White |
| Preceded by originator |
Sunrise Sport Presenter 2004 - |
Succeeded by incumbent |
| Preceded by program re-started |
Sunrise Co-Anchor with Georgie Gardner 2000-2002 |
Succeeded by Chris Reason |
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