Future of presenter Esther Sedlaczek at ARD clarified

New contract for Esther Sedlaczek

Future clarified: “Sportschau” presenter remains

January 17, 2025 – 1:36 p.mReading time: 1 min.

Esther Sedlaczek: She will continue to moderate the event in the future "Sports show".Enlarge the image

Esther Sedlaczek: She will continue to moderate the “Sportschau” in the future. (Source: IMAGO/Ulrich Wagner/imago-images-bilder)

When viewers tune in to the “Sportschau” in the future, they will continue to see presenter Esther Sedlaczek. The broadcaster has now announced this.

She is popular with spectators and will remain in the “Sportschau”: Esther Sedlaczek. The presenter will continue to moderate the ARD show in the coming years. The public broadcaster in Munich announced that the 39-year-old sports journalist had extended her contract early by four years.

ARD sports coordinator Axel Balkausky explained: “Esther Sedlaczek is an absolute asset to our broadcasts. She is highly professional, technically convincing, very likeable, can react spontaneously to the unexpected and she also has a lot of humor.”

ARD program director Christine Strobl also had words of praise: “A person as versatile and charming as Esther Sedlaczek is a very good addition to our entire offering. I am therefore very pleased that, in addition to her moderation role in entertainment, she will continue to contribute to ARD sports is preserved.”

The Berlin native has been part of the ARD team since 2021 and has since appeared regularly on “Sportschau”, where she reports on, among other things, the Bundesliga. She also worked as a presenter at international matches of the German national team, major football tournaments, the Olympic Games and the European Championships 2022. Aside from sports, Sedlaczek, who lives in Munich, moderates the entertainment program “Quizduell-Olymp” on Erste.

She herself said: “Four years ago it was exactly the right step for me to go to ARD and Sportschau. I’m all the more pleased that we agreed to work together for another four years.”

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