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Sam Quek MBE is the fifteenth celebrity contestant confirmed for Strictly Come Dancing 2024

The Olympic and European Gold medalist, former England and Team GB hockey player, TV and Radio Presenter will take to the floor when Strictly returns in autumn 2024

Published: 07:25 pm, 12 August 2024
Sam Quek MBE
As a former hockey player I’m used to playing as part of a team, but the thought of dancing on the Ballroom floor in front of a live audience is quite daunting! I’m chuffed to be a part of this legendary show and Quickstep into the shoes of a performer, it feels absolutely surreal but I’m ready for every bit of the adventure.
— Sam Quek MBE

Sam Quek MBE is the fifteenth and final celebrity contestant confirmed for the brand new series of Strictly Come Dancing.

The multi-award-winning entertainment show, produced by ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Studios, will return to ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ One and ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ iPlayer for its new series this Autumn. As Strictly celebrates two spectacular decades of dance, this series promises to be extra special with even more glitz, glamour and unforgettable performances.

Sam Quek is an Olympic and European Gold medallist, former England and Team GB hockey player and now a TV and Radio Presenter.

Sam Quek won 125 international caps for the England and Great Britain women’s hockey teams, including a Gold Medal at the 2016 Rio Olympics. In 2017, Sam Quek was awarded an MBE for Services to Hockey.

She is now a broadcaster and has presented on ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Morning Live and was a Team Captain on Question of Sport. Sam Quek presents for a range of sports including Football, American football, Rugby and Cricket. She co-anchored the ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ’s Tokyo Olympic Games Breakfast programme and regularly appears on programmes across the ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ’s radio channels.

Sam Quek says: “As a former hockey player I’m used to playing as part of a team, but the thought of dancing on the Ballroom floor in front of a live audience is quite daunting! I’m chuffed to be a part of this legendary show and Quickstep into the shoes of a performer, it feels absolutely surreal but I’m ready for every bit of the adventure."

The news was revealed on The One Show on iPlayer and ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ One.

Strictly Come Dancing is a ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Studios Entertainment Production for ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ One and ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ iPlayer, commissioned by Kalpna Patel-Knight, Head of Entertainment at the ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ. The Executive Producer for ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Studios is Sarah James, the Series Editors are Nicola Fitzgerald and Jack Gledhill and the Series Producers are Ciara Murray and Joe Turner. The Senior Commissioning Editor for the ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ is Jo Wallace.

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