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{{Short description|Australian sports commentator}}
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'''Glenn Mitchell''' (born 15 March 1963) is a former [[sports commentator]] and writer for the [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]]
==Commentary career==
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He joined [[ABC Sport]] in Perth in January 1990.
He commentated at four Olympic Games – [[1996 Summer Olympics|Atlanta 1996]], [[2000 Summer Olympics|Sydney 2000]], [[2004 Summer Olympics|Athens 2004]], [[2008 Summer Olympics|Beijing 2008]] – principally calling cycling and co-hosted the coverage of the opening and closing ceremonies in Athens and Beijing.
He also commentated the track and field for ABC-TV at the [[1996 Summer Paralympics|1996]] and [[2000 Summer Paralympics]] and worked on four [[Commonwealth Games]] – Kuala Lumpur 1998, Manchester 2002, Melbourne 2006 and Delhi 2010 – calling cycling and co-hosting the opening and closing ceremonies at each.
Mitchell commentated nearly 200 [[Test cricket|Test]] and [[limited overs cricket]] matches, covering 13 overseas tours to England, South Africa, India, Sri Lanka, New Zealand and the United Arab Emirates.
He was well known for his repartee on air with former Australian Test spinner, [[Kerry O'Keeffe]].
Mitchell called over 900 [[Australian Football League|AFL]] and [[West Australian Football League|WAFL]] [[Australian rules football]] games for the ABC on both television and radio and [[National Basketball League (Australia)|NBL]] and [[Women's National Basketball League|WNBL]] [[basketball]] on both mediums.
During his career with the ABC he commentated over 20 sports including world championships in cycling, water polo and triathlon.
Since leaving the ABC Mitchell has worked as a freelancer in the media commentating cricket on radio and television for the South African Broadcasting Corporation and Australian Football on radio stations 6PR and 6IX, as well as weekly appearances on Sky News and Mix 94.5 and a regular contributor to BBC Five Live. He is also a columnist for sports website, The Roar.
==Personal life==
On 26 May 2011, Mitchell resigned from the ABC following a mental breakdown.<ref>{{cite news|last=Perpitch|first=Nicholas|title=ABC's Mitchell calls it quits|url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/nation/abcs-mitchell-calls-it-quits/story-e6frg6nf-1226063718251|accessdate=19 June 2011|newspaper=The Australian|date=27 May 2011|url-access=subscription|archive-date=18 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150418161902/http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/nation/abcs-mitchell-calls-it-quits/story-e6frg6nf-1226063718251|url-status=live}}</ref>
Since leaving the ABC he has conducted numerous mental health presentations around Western Australia calling on his own experiences to help remove the stigma associated with mental illness.
In 1998 he wrote ''Pursuing Excellence'', a biography of Western Australia's sportswomen for the Women's Sport Foundation of Western Australia.<ref>{{cite book|author=Mitchell, Glenn|title=Pursuing excellence : a biographical history of Western Australia's leading sportswomen|year=1998|publisher=Women's Sport Foundation of Western Australia|isbn=0-9585426-1-9}}</ref>
He was awarded the [[Australian Sports Medal]] by the [[Governor-General of Australia]] for services to sport in September 2000.<ref>{{cite web |title=Australian Honours Search Facility |url=https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/969240 |website=Australian Government Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet |access-date=14 June 2024}}</ref>
He is married to ABC ''[[ABC Radio Grandstand|Grandstand]]'' and television presenter, [[Karen Tighe]]. The couple have a son.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/about/backstory/2020-12-17/abc-sport-broadcaster-karen-tighe-viral-encephalitis-memory-loss/12985696|title=ABC Sport broadcaster Karen Tighe on suffering significant memory loss after contracting viral encephalitis|publisher=[[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]]|date=17 December 2020|accessdate=17 December 2020|archive-date=17 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201217013752/https://www.abc.net.au/news/about/backstory/2020-12-17/abc-sport-broadcaster-karen-tighe-viral-encephalitis-memory-loss/12985696|url-status=live}}</ref>
==References==
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==External links==
*{{official website|https://glennmitchell.com.au}}
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[[Category:Australian cricket commentators]]
[[Category:Australian rules football commentators]]
[[Category:Australian radio personalities]]
[[Category:People from Perth, Western Australia]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Cycling announcers]]
[[Category:1963 births]]