Rhona McLeod is aScottish broadcaster.[1]
McLeod is a former international athlete and was a member of theScottish Athletics team for seven years
As an athlete, her preferred events included sprint hurdles and long jump and she enjoyed a wealth of travel experiences around the world competing for her country. It was always her aim to combine her interest in sport with a future career in journalism.
After a freshman year studying Broadcasting at theUniversity of Wyoming, she completed a BA degree in Media Studies at theUniversity of Stirling.
In her working career McLeod started out by writing for the specialist sports magazines Scotland's Runner, Scottish, The Punter football magazine and Today's Runner.
In 1995, she joinedBBC Scotland. For 20 years she Presented the sport segment onReporting Scotland. She also presentedSport Nation on television and Sport Weekly onBBC Radio Scotland.
In her time with BBC Scotland McLeod reported and presented from theFrance 98 World Cup, andCommonwealth Games inKuala Lumpur,Manchester Melbourne Commonwealth Games,Glasgow 2014 andGold Coast Commonwealth Games. She also presented sport fromLondon 2012 Olympic Games.
ForBBC One Scotland, McLeod wrote, presented and produced the documentaryGambian Goals - A Donkeymentary for a series ofMake Poverty History programmes. She also produced and presented the first television interview withPhilippa York forBBC Sport. She is the recipient of aRoyal Television Society Award for Sports News journalism.
In May 2019 McLeod left BBC Scotland to form her own media company McLeod Media. Notable clients includeWorld Athletics,Olympic Broadcasting Services,UK Athletics,Sportscotland,Scottish Rugby Union andAthletics Weekly amongst others. In this time she has reported and presented from2020 Winter Youth Olympics in Lausanne,World Athletics Relays in Poland,Tokyo Olympics 2020 and theWorld Athletics Indoor Championships 2022 in Belgrade.
Her hobbies include walking her dog Archie, painting, watching and playing sport. She is married with two daughters.
Interview: Rhona McLeod Tokyo Olympic Games