Glenn Mitchell - Motivational Speakers - Beloved Australian sports commentator

Travels From Western Australia

Speaker Topics

Australia – A Great Sporting Nation

Highlights how as a small nation we have become a world beater and example of best practice in the area of sport. It encompasses first hand examples that Glenn has witnessed at major international sporting events. Read less

Coping with Success & Failure

Examples of how athletes have dealt with success and failure and how it can motivate us all. Read less

Mental Health & Suicide Prevention

Glenn tells of his own personal battles with mental illness in the hope that he can help provide others with the motivation to confront their own challenges and seek help. Glenn speaks from the heart and his emotive and articulate address on his journey to conquer mental illness often elicits standing ovations from audiences. Read less

The Best Seat in the House

This centres on Glenn and his life as a sports broadcaster, including many behind the scenes anecdotes from various Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games, and overseas and national cricket tours he has covered. Read less

What We Can All Learn from Sport

Encompasses teamwork, attitude, motivation and examples of elite performance that we can take from sport and apply to everyday life. Read less

What’s Wrong With Elite Level Sport and How to Fix It

A look at some of the major obstacles and problems that face elite level sport and how to rectify them. Read less

Glenn Mitchell

Beloved Australian sports commentator

A leading sports commentator throughout the country, Glenn Mitchell has become a familiar voice for Aussies with his insightful commentaries on AFL football and cricket. He draws on decades of professional experience to engage with audiences, bringing them behind the scenes of landmark sporting events in our history.

Glenn has been a quintessential member of ABC Sport. Since joining in 1990, he became one of ABC’s senior commentators and executive producers. He covered over 130 Tests and one day internationals for cricket, as well as overseas tours against Sri Lanka, India, Pakistan, New Zealand and England. Glenn has also called over 900 football matches in the AFL and WAFL on radio and television.

Outside of cricket and AFL, Glenn commentated for four Olympic Games, two Commonwealth Games, and called track and field events for ABC TV’s coverage of two Paralympic Games.

He has also broadcasted for men and women’s NBL basketball, along with world championships in cycling, triathlon, water polo, golf, boxing and netball.

Since leaving ABC in 2011, Glenn continues to provide insightful commentary for a range of media programs, including regular appearances on Sky News, Mix 94.5 and BBC Five Live. Glenn was also the host of Curtin FM’s breakfast program in Perth.

Outside of his presenting work, Glenn has published ‘Pursuing Excellence’ in 1998 to trace the biographical history of Western Australia’s leading sportswomen.

Glenn has held board positions for many sporting organisations, including the Western Australian Sports Federation, the Coaching Foundation of Western Australia, and the Western Australian Paralympic Committee. Glenn is also on the induction committee of the Western Australian Hall of Champions.

In recognition of his service to Australia and the sporting community, Glenn was awarded the Australian Sports Medal by the Governor General in 2000.

Professional and articulate, Glenn is a highly engaging speaker and master of ceremonies for corporate, government and sporting functions. Through personal anecdotes, Glenn introduces audiences to the high-pressure world of the sporting elite, as well as their secrets to success.