Kathy Tayler, born 23 March 1960, is a UK TV presenter and former champion modern pentathlete.
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Kathy won the women's modern pentathlon World Cup in 1979 at the age of 19.[1] She was a member of the Great Britain modern pentathlon team that twice won gold at the World Athletics Championships[2] .[3] The other team members were Wendy Normann and Sarah Parker. She retired from competition in 1983 and she gained a BSc Honours degree in physiology at Southampton University.
After appearing as a contestant on the TV sports quiz A Question of Sport she was offered and accepted the job of presenter on a sport program for children called Stopwatch.
Kathy Tayler joined TV-am in 1989 as co-presenter of Good Morning Britain with Mike Morris and Richard Keys. When Jayne Irving stopped presenting the After Nine programme, in the screening slot immediately after Good Morning Britain, Kathy Tayler took her place and remained a regular presenter until December 1992.
She presented and reported on BBC's Holiday for 12 years, initially specializing in physically demanding outdoor assignments. After the birth of her first child in 1991, her emphasis changed to family and long haul holidays.
After taking a career break to raise her family she returned to TV as a presenter on shopping channel QVC.
Kathy is married to photographer Alan Olley and has 3 children, Rebecca, Charlie and Billy. Kathy opted to stay at home until her three children were of school age.