Mitch Fenner
​BBC and FIG gymnastics commentator and analyst
Words on Voices: From Horse Whisperer to Champion Jockey - How Mitch Fenner Became the Original Authority on Gymnastics Analysis
About Olly
Olly has provided live commentary on almost 90 sports since he first worked for Eurosport in July 2014. Best-known for his work as the voice of numerous international gymnastics competitions, Olly has worked at over a dozen multi-sport games, including eights Olympics. He regularly works for Olympic Broadcasting Services, World Gymnastics, Dentsu Sports Asia, European Gymnastics, DAZN/WTA Media, Asia Football Group, International Sports Broadcasting, HBS, and IMG. Along with his work as a commentator, Olly has voiced a number of Opening and Closing Ceremonies, and also writes and voices highlights and news programmes on a regular basis. He is an experienced live-arena and to-camera presenter.
Live Commentary at the Olympic Games
​Rio 2016 (Olympic Games)
Badminton, canoe slalom, football, table tennis, tennis, wrestling
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PyeongChang 2018 (Olympic Winter Games)
Ski cross, snowboard big air, snowboard parallel giant slalom, along with voicing the daily victory ceremonies.
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Buenos Aires 2018 (Youth Olympics)
Artistic and rhythmic gymnastics, and mixed-zone interviewer for swimming.
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Tokyo 2020 (Olympic Games)
Badminton, football, wrestling.
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Tokyo 2020 (Paralympic Games)
Boccia, five-a-side football, Para archery, para table tennis, wheelchair basketball, wheelchair tennis.
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Beijing 2022 (Olympic Winter Games)
Figure skating, short-track speed skating.
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Paris 2024 (Olympic Games)
Closing Ceremony, archery, artistic gymnastics, badminton, wrestling.
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Paris 2024 (Paralympic Games)
Closing Ceremony, wheelchair tennis.
Other Multi-Sport Games
Asian Games, Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games, Commonwealth Games, European Games, Islamic Solidarity Games, Invictus Games, Pan American Games, World Games, World University Games.
World/Continental Championships
Alpine Skiing World Championships, Asian Athletics Championships, Asian Gymnastics Championships, Davis Cup/Fed Cup, European Gymnastics Championships, ITF Wheelchair World Team Cup, World Aquatics Championships, World Floorball Championships, World Table Tennis Championships, Wrestling World Championships.
Football (Soccer) Regular Clients
FIFA U-17 World Cup & African World Cup Qualifiers
HBS
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AFC Asian Cup, AFC Champions League, AFC U23 Asian Cup, and FIFA World Cup Qualifiers
Asia Football Group
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EFL
IMG
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UEFA Club and International Competitions
Gravity Media
Full List of 86 Sports Commentated
Acrobatic gymnastics, aerobic gymnastics, alpine skiing, alysh, archery, artistic gymnastics, athletics, badminton, basketball, Basque pelota, beach soccer, beach volleyball, belt wrestling, bocci, canoe polo, canoe slalom, diving, fencing, field hockey, figure skating, finswimming, fistball, five-a-side football, floorball, football (soccer), futsal, handball, high diving, indoor bowls, indoor rowing, judo, jujitsu, karate, Kazakh kuresi, korfball, kurash, lacrosse, lifesaving, nine-ball billiards, padel, pahlavani, para alpine skiing, para archery, para athletics, para biathlon, para cross-country skiing, para skeleton, para snowboard slalom, para swimming, para table tennis, parkour, pencak silat, racquetball, rhythmic gymnastics, roller speed skating, sambo, sepak takraw, shooting, short track speed skating, sitting volleyball, ski cross, ski jumping, snowboard big air, snowboard parallel giant slalom, speed skating, sport climbing, squash, sumo, swimming, table tennis, taekwondo, tennis, ten-pin bowling, three-cushion billiards, track cycling, trampoline gymnastics, tug of war, volleyball, water polo, weightlifting, wheelchair basketball, wheelchair curling, wheelchair rugby, wheelchair tennis, wrestling, wushu.
Regular Season Events (not football)
WTA tennis (Perform), the FIG World Cup of gymnastics (Dentsu), World Archery, World Table Tennis.
Presenting/Ceremonies/Voiceover
Opening and/or Closing Ceremonies Commentary
The Paris 2024 Olympic Games, the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games, The World Games (2022 and 2025), The Islamic Solidarity Games (Baku 2017), The European Games (Minsk 2019 and Krakow-Małopolska 2023), the Invictus Games (2023), and the Pan American Games (Lima 2019).
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On-Camera Punditry
Major contributor to all four episodes of Simone Biles: Rising (Netflix).
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Presenting/Reporting
Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games, The Grand Sumo at the Royal Albert Hall (2025), the WSL, World Table Tennis, British Gymnastics national competitions.
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Podcast
Creator and co-host of the Great Gymnastics Quiz.
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Voiceover
Highlights and news programmes for a variety of channels and host broadcasters, along with commercial voiceovers for sporting and non-sporting projects, including a major documentary film.
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