Debut on June 21st in “Sport aktuell” and “Sport 20”
Vienna (OTS) – Next reinforcement for the ORF sports team: Pierce Lange will celebrate on Friday, June 21, 2024, in “Sport aktuell” on ORF 1 and ORF 2 and in “Sport 20” on ORF SPORT + (both also on ORF ON) his screen debut. The 26-year-old from Vorarlberg with a football past (went through the youth teams of the Swiss record champions GC Zurich and was under contract with SCR Altach until he tore his cruciate ligament) will join Alina Zellhofer, Katrin Buchebner, Karina Toth and Bernhard Stöhr, Lukas Schweighofer and Andreas Onea Presenting sports news to more than a million viewers every day. Kristina Inhof is currently on maternity leave.
ORF sports director Hannes Aigelsreiter: “I see it as our job to look for and find journalistic talent; the ORF state studios are the ideal breeding ground. With Pierce Lange we are bringing in such a talent that will strengthen our team in the long term.”
Pierce Lange: “My life has always revolved around sport, which makes me even more pleased that my everyday professional life is now also dedicated to sport. I look forward to the upcoming tasks in the sports editorial team and the sports audience with great enthusiasm!”
Pierce Long
After graduating from the Dornbirn sports high school, Lange became more and more enthusiastic about media. His journalistic career began at ORF Vorarlberg in 2019 – thanks to his past as a footballer, primarily in sports reporting. Pierce Lange designed reports for “Vorarlberg today” and ORF Radio Vorarlberg. In addition to his professional work, he studied “Economy and Management” with a specialization in sports management at the SRH Fernhochschule in Riedlingen, Germany. Aside from the ORF job, Pierce still enjoyed being on the football pitch until the end, but no longer as a player, but as the coach of the FC Dornbirn women’s team.