Jasmin Forsyth
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Jasmin Geisel-Forsyth is an Australian television presenter, journalist, and former swimmer. She represented Australia in the 2000 FINA World Cup series, winning the silver in the 50m butterfly in Hong Konb and a bronze medal in the 100m freestyle in Hobart.[1] She later became a television personality, appearing on the national children's television shows, Totally Footy and Totally Wild.
Early life and education
[edit]Geisel attended Somerville House Girls School, and obtained a bachelor of journalism from the Queensland University of Technology (QUT).[2]
From 1996 to 2000, she represented Australia in swimming.[3] At the 2000 FINA World Cup no 5 in Hong Kong, she won the silver in the 50m butterfly. Later that year in the 2000 FINA World Cup no 6 in Hobart she won a bronze medal in the 100m freestyle.[1]
Career
[edit]Geisel's first television role was as the host of the children's television series, Totally Footy on Network Ten,[2] later becoming a presenter on another of the channel's children's series, Totally Wild.[2][4]
Geisel joined the Nine Network in 2006 as a journalist on regional programs, Extra and Weekend Extra.[5][6] She also hosted the network's coverage of the 2008 & 2009 Qld Surf Life Saving Championships.
Geisel consults as the Media Manager for Swim Australia. She and her husband also have a media production company.
Personal life
[edit]In 2007, she married cameraman, Chris Forsyth.
References
[edit]- 1 2 "2000 FINA World Cup 1-7 results" (PDF). Swim News (254): 12. January 2000.
- 1 2 3 Rayner, Janne (February 2004). "TV and all that Jaz" (PDF). QUT Links. Brisbane: Queensland University of Technology. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 February 2011. Retrieved 24 October 2010.
In 10 short months of graduating from QUT with a degree in journalism, this 22-year-old dynamo has hosted a national sporting show [Totally Footy], done a stint on network news and has now landed a plum reporter's job on the nation's most popular children's program, Totally Wild.
- ↑ Davis, Greg (13 October 2003). "Jasmin's making every post a winner" (PDF). Inside QUT (238): 8.
Jasmin is the host of Channel Ten's Totally Footy children's program that screens around the nation every Saturday afternoon prior to the live broadcast of the AFL match of the day.... a member of the Australian swimming team from 1996 to 2000 [she] started her journalism degree at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) and graduated after just two years following her transfer to QUT for the second half of her studies
- ↑ "Bungalow Sanctuary residents arrive". Magnetic Times. 30 March 2006. Archived from the original on 6 July 2011.
it seemed if anybody should be getting a little stressed it should be Billabong's Curator, Shane O'Brien, who had to handle live crocs and chat calmly with the Totally Wild presenter, Jasmin Geisel, who was there with a camera crew to cover the occasion, all at the same time.
- ↑ "An intimate retreat". Property News. The Sunday Mail. Brisbane. 7 May 2007. Archived from the original on 12 June 2012.
Jasmin Geisel, 25... The Brisbane Extra presenter ...moved into her new home at The Gap, in Brisbane's west, with her fiance Chris earlier this year.... Jasmin stands at a lean 177.8cm
- ↑ Cartwright, Darren; Strutt, Sam (27 December 2006). "Qconfidential: Wrapped with a beau". Courier Mail. Brisbane, Australia. p. 30.
CHANNEL 9 newshound Jasmin Geisel... one-time Australian swimmer... left Channel 10's Totally Wild to join Extra during the middle of the year.