Anna Katharina Kraft (born 3 October 1985) is a German television presenter and former athlete.
Anna Kraft | |
|---|---|
| Born | Anna Katharina Kraft 3 October 1985 |
| Occupation | Television presenter |
| Years active | 2010–present (television) |
| Website | anna-kraft.tv |
Early life and education
editAnna Kraft was born in Haan in the North Rhine-Westphalia and grew up in the town of Leverkusen where she graduated at the Landrat-Lucas-Gymnasium with her Abitur. During her youth, she was from 2000 to 2008 an athlete at the TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen. During that time, she was with the multiple German sprint relay champion.[1] By 2005, she studied sports science at the German Sport University Cologne with a degree in media and communication.[2] In 2010, Kraft completed her studies in Cologne and graduated with a sports science diploma.
Television career
editBecause many injuries prevented on continuing her career in athletics, Kraft already oriented herself during her studies with various internships and collaboration. among others in the sports editorial department of the radio station WDR 2, working in the sports journalism direction and as a television presenter.
In 2010, Kraft became part of the redaction of the football program ran on Sat.1, from where she then moved to Sky Deutschland in December 2011. There, Kraft worked as the youngest presenter on the channel Sky Sport News HD. On 3 July 2013, Kraft was announced at a press conference from Sport1 as the new presenter of the daily football program Bundesliga aktuell.[3] On 19 August 2013, she presented for the last time the program on Sky Sport News HD, then joined the channel Sport1 from September 2013 to June 2015.
In summer 2015, Kraft joined the channel ZDF, where she presents the ZDF sports reportage[4] as well as major sport events there and regularly at the UEFA Champions League and the Bundesliga.
In June 2017, she appeared in the German crime series Die Rosenheim-Cops in the episode "Ausgeritten" broadcast on ZDF.[5]
Personal life
editAnna Kraft lives in München. She is in a relationship with football commentator Wolff-Christoph Fuss, who works mainly with Sky Deutschland.[6] Her father Heinz-Jürgen played in the late 1950s for Fortuna Düsseldorf and later worked as a coach for VfL Leverkusen and VfB Hilden.
Filmography
edit- Die Rosenheim-Cops (2017)
References
edit- ^ "#RunInMyShoes: Warum Anna Kraft für Kira Grünberg läuft" (in German). Wings for Life World Run. 15 April 2016. Archived from the original on 17 June 2018. Retrieved 15 June 2018.
- ^ "Bekannte Studierende und Alumni der Deutschen Sporthochschule Köln" (in German). German Sport University Cologne homepage.
- ^ "Sport1: Neues Logo, neues Radio, neuer Talk" (in German). Quoten Meter. 3 July 2013. Retrieved 15 June 2018.
- ^ "Anna Kraft wird neues Sport-Gesicht des ZDF - DWDL.de" (in German). DWDL.de. 26 April 2015. Retrieved 15 June 2018.
- ^ "Anna Kraft spielt in der 17. Staffel der Rosenheim-Cops mit" (in German). Rosenheim 24. 29 June 2017. Retrieved 15 June 2018.
- ^ "Liebe geht durchs Mikrofon". Express (in German). 5 October 2012. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 15 June 2018.
External links
edit- Official website (in German)
- Anna Kraft at IMDb