Beat Sprecher becomes new commentator in biathlon
Starting with the 2018–19 season, Beat Sprecher will be commentating on biathlon. He succeeds Adrian Lustenberger, who has moved to the SRF alpine skiing team. Manuel Köng and SRF expert Matthias Simmen remain part of the biathlon commentary team.
Beat Sprecher will make his first appearance on Saturday, December 22, 2018, at the World Cup in Nove Mesto/Czech Republic. Beat Sprecher, a former primary school teacher, began his journalistic career in 1998 as an editor at the private Engadine radio station Radio Piz (today: Radio Engiadina). From 1999, he held positions as head of sports at Radio Zürisee and at the television station U1 TV (today: Schweiz 5). Since 2005, he has been working as a radio journalist specializing in winter sports for SRF Sport and is regularly on assignment as a live reporter. On television, the 46-year-old has already appeared on several occasions as a commentator, most recently at the 2018 European Curling Championships.
