Analyst biographies

Graham Bell

Graham Bell is an Olympic skier, TV presenter, adventurer and journalist who continues to be regarded as one of the finest downhill skiers the UK has ever produced, claiming the title of the Ski Champion of Britain on eight occasions during his illustrious career.

The five time Olympian, sporting enthusiast and television personality has remained at the forefront of British sport, commentating on the Winter Olympics for the BBC, fronting the popular and iconic BBC primetime series ‘Ski Sunday’ and working with a range of organisations and events to support the development of both winter sports and summer sports, including sailing, triathlon events and cycling.  He uses his experience as a presenter and a cameraman to enable him to cover extreme sporting events, as well as winter sports. He was a key pundit for the BBC’s coverage of the World Triathlon Series and has also presented the prime-time sports programme ‘High Altitude’. 

Colin Bryce

Colin Bryce is a former Great Britain Olympic Bobsledder who competed at the 2002 Winter Olympic Games in Salt Lake City. Colin is now working as a television presenter and commentator for a number of broadcasters worldwide. With the BBC he has worked at the last three Olympic Games. In Turin in 2006 and again at Vancouver in 2010 he covered all of the Bobsleigh, Skeleton and Luge with Paul Dickenson. They were lucky enough to commentate on the only British medals at both Games.

In 2012, at the London Olympics Colin led the BBC commentary for both the Weightlifting and Wrestling events. He has done an array of other sports and has just returned from Kazakhstan where he lead the commentary team for the AIBA World Boxing championships.  He is perhaps best know for being one of presenters and commentators on the television institution The Worlds Strongest Man since 2002.

Emma Carrick-Anderson

Emma Carrick-Anderson is a former alpine skier who was Britain's top female ski racer for 15 years. She represented Britain in four Winter Olympic games and it was at the 1992 games  in Albertville where she burst on to the world stage in when she finished eighth in the combined slalom, at the age of 16.

Emma went onto compete in the 1994, 1998 2002 games. She finished eighth in the 1998 Olympics in the combined slalom event. Emma also competed in six World Championships and numerous World Cups and was 11th in the '97 World Championships. Emma retired from international competition in 2004 and is now a skiing teacher and coach.

She also trains instructors and racing professionals on behalf of the British Association of Snowsports Instructors.

Robin Cousins

Robin Cousins began skating at age six and was competing by nine. A natural figure skater, he rapidly advanced to make the British international team at the age of 15. By the 1976 season Robin was establishing his technical and artistic reputations on the international scene.

Robin's first major medal, a bronze at the European Champions, came in 1977. In 1980, he broke through to the top, winning the Olympic and European Championships. He capped his amateur career with one of his best performances for a final free skating title and an overall silver medal at the World Championships in Dortmund.

Following the 1980 Worlds, Robin began a diverse professional skating career that included twenty years of on-ice performances and competitions. He has brought his own hit ice to the West End and on tour.

He has done TV commentary for the BBC in the UK, where he is currently the lead commentator on figure skating and has covered several Olympic Games as well as the World and European Championships. Since 2006, he has been the head judge on ITV’s Dancing on Ice.

Jackie Lockhart

British Curler Jackie Lockhart has competed in four Winter Olympics 1992 ,1998, 2006 Turin and finally at the Vancouver 2010 Games which was then skipped by Eve Muirhead.

In the1990s, Jackie joined the established rink skipped by Kirsty Hay, which had become by then the dominant force in Scottish - and therefore also British - women's curling.  At the 1998 Winter Olympics the team performed strongly coming within a fraction of a win in the semi-finals over Canada and then losing the bronze medal to Sweden, finishing a well respected 4^th.

Jackie has been curling for over 30 years and has an impressive 10 Scottish ladies championship titles to her name. With a wealth of national and international experience at the top level of her sport she made her international debut at the 1983 European Championships and then went on to claim a silver medal in her first crack at the World Championships in 1985. Jackie then skipped her own team for several years and won a World Gold medal in 2002 for Scotland in Bismarck North Dakota, this was Scotland’s first ladies World Title in nearly 24 years. Jackie then followed up with several other attempts at world titles finishing just outside playoffs but finally  finished on the podium with a bronze medal at the 2007 World Women's Curling Championship in Aomori.

Jackie was a member of the first Scottish team to win the European Mixed Curling Championship in Claut Italy and is still Scotland’s most ever capped player with 27 selections.

Wilf O’Reilly

Wilf O'Reilly is a former British short track speed skater. Wilf won two gold medals in the 500 metre and 1000 metre events at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, but was denied full Olympic acclamation because short track skating was a demonstration event that year. Wilf won the World Championship in Sydney in 1991 and then went on to compete in both events at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer. Wilf commentated for the BBC on the short track speed skating events and long track speed skating events both the Winter Olympics in Turin in 2006 and the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver alongside Hugh Porter. He was awarded the MBE in 1997. He was a member of the ISU Short Track Speed Skating World Cup Management Commission and is now part owner of one of Hollands largest skating schools that provides more the 3500 ice skating lessons per week.

Amy Williams

Amy returned from Vancouver a national heroine after claiming Team GB’s only Gold Medal of the 2010 Olympic Winter Games in skeleton bobsleigh at her debut Winter Olympic Games. In winning Gold, she became Britain’s first solo Winter Olympics champion in 30 years and the first female individual Gold Medallist for 58 years. Blessed with an exceptionally fast start, a legacy from her days as a 400m runner, and fearless determination, Amy and Arthur (her sled) set two track records in Vancouver to finish more than 0.5 seconds ahead of her closest competitor. Her success saw her nominated for BBC Sports Personality of the Year in 2010 as well as being named Glamour magazine Sportswoman of the Year.

After she retired in 2012, Amy’s contribution to British Skeleton was rewarded as she was announced as the first Vice President of the sport.

Most recently, Amy has also immersed herself in the world of Rally driving and was co-driver for Tony Jardine during the 2013 season, making three finishes in a row to qualify for her international co-driving license. In November 2013 together achieving the ultimate goal and competing in the International Wales GB. Tony and Amy put in an impressive performance coming 1st in their class and 26th overall.