Henri Sannier

Henri Sannier (; born 7 September 1947) is a French sports journalist and television presenter.

Life and career Henri Sannier was born in Puteaux in the department of Hauts-de-Seine. He graduated at the École supérieure de journalisme de Paris.

He created the 19/20 in 1986 on the channel FR3 and became the host of the on the channel Antenne 2 from September 1987 to September 1992. He then co-hosted the on France 2 in duet with Laurence Piquet until September 1993 and alone until January 1994. He also hosted until September 1997, the evening news on France 3.

Since 1994, he hosts the sports magazine on France 3. He is currently the chief editor of the program and was honored of it by a 7 d'Or in 2001. He is also the managing director of France Télévisions.

As a cycling enthusiast, he commentated the Tour de France in 2005 with Laurent Jalabert and in 2006 with Laurent Fignon. On the night of 2/3 December 1994 Sannier and a peloton of cyclists took their bikes in the Channel Tunnel, cycling via the service tunnel between Folkestone and Coquelles as part of the route for . He was accompanied by Jean-Michel Guidez, Patrick Chêne, Jean Mamère, Marc Toesca and others.

In 2006, he published a book with Emmanuel Galiero titled .

Henri Sannier is also the mayor of Eaucourt-sur-Somme since 1977, and the president of the association of the .

Personal life

Henri Sannier is married and has two children, Antoine and Emmanuelle.