{{Short description|Singaporean sports journalist}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2022}} {{Use British English|date=February 2022}} {{multiple issues| {{COI|date=October 2016}} {{notability|Biographies|date=October 2016}} {{BLP sources|date=May 2016}} }} {{Infobox person | name = Colette Wong | image = | caption = | birth_name = Colette Wong | other_names = | birth_date = {{birth-date and age|21 May 1974}} | birth_place = Singapore | spouse = Luigi Ferrandi | education = University College Dublin | occupation = Reporter, Sportscaster, TV Host | employer = | years_active = 1996–present | television = SportsCenter Asia Co-anchor (2004–2013)<br /> Fox Sports Central Asia Anchor (2013–2021) <br /> Nokia Football Crazy Host (2005–2008) }} '''Colette Wong''' (born 21 May 1974) is a Singaporean sports reporter, TV host, and sports anchor for Fox Sports Asia and Fox Sports News Asia. She was formerly currently anchors ''Fox Sports Central Asia'' and a news correspondent for CNBC Asia.
==Life and career== Wong was born in Singapore on 21 May 1974. Colette graduated from Catholic Junior College in 1992 and University College Dublin, where she finished Bachelor of Arts (Hons), Politics and Economics in 1996.<ref name=Nair/>
Wong got her first job in December 1996, as a sports reporter, producer and presenter for Television Corporation of Singapore's Singapore Television Twelve, from 1996 to 2000.<ref name=Loh>{{cite web|last1=Loh|first1=Ronald|title=More than just a pretty face|url=http://news.asiaone.com/News/Latest%2BNews/Showbiz/Story/A1Story20120412-339329.html|website=Asia One|publisher=Singapore Press Holdings|accessdate=23 May 2016|date=14 April 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160812123542/http://news.asiaone.com/News/Latest%2BNews/Showbiz/Story/A1Story20120412-339329.html|archive-date=12 August 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> Colette later became the news correspondent for CNBC Asia from 2001 to 2003.<ref name=Loh/>
ESPN Star Sports later hired Wong in March 2004,<ref name=Loh/> as the anchorwoman for ''SportsCenter Asia'' with Jason Dasey, then she became the host of ''Nokia Football Crazy'' from 2005 to 2008. Wong later became one of the lead anchors of ''Fox Sports Central Asia'' when ESPN became Fox Sports Asia in 2013.<ref name=Nair>{{cite news|title=Sports presenter joins industry by accident|url=http://www.thestar.com.my/news/community/2013/03/18/sports-presenter-joins-industry-by-accident/|first=Nevash |last=Nair|work=The Star Malaysia|date=18 March 2013}}</ref><ref name="AsiaPRWire">{{cite press release|title=Steve Dawson and Colette Wong – the presenters of the new FOX SPORTS NEWS, every weekday on FOX SPORTS at 7.30pm|url=http://www.asiaprwire.com/steve-dawson-and-colette-wong-the-presenters-of-the-new-fox-sports-news-every-weekday-on-fox-sports-at-7-30pm/|accessdate=23 May 2016|agency=Asia PR Wire|date=1 February 2013}}</ref> She was the winner of the ‘Best Sports Presenter/Commentator’ award at the 21st Asian TV Awards in 2016 <ref>2016 Asian Television Awards https://www.asiantvawards.com/winners/2016-winners/</ref> and 'highly commended' in the 'Best sports presenter/commentator' section of the 18th Asian Television Awards 2013.<ref>{{cite web|title=18th Asian Television Awards 2013|url=http://www.asiantvawards.com/winners/2013-winners/|website=Asian Television Awards|accessdate=23 May 2016}}</ref>
== Personal life ==
Wong is married to sales manager Luigi Ferrandi. They have two children.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.straitstimes.com/lifestyle/room-for-more-women-sports-journalists | title=Room for more women sports journalists | newspaper=The Straits Times | first=Melissa | last=Heng | date=13 October 2016 | accessdate=3 February 2022 }}</ref>
==Filmography== * ''SportsCenter Asia'' (2004–2013) ESPN Asia * ''Nokia Football Crazy'' (2005–2008) ESPN Asia * ''Fox Sports Central Asia'' (2013–2021) Fox Sports Asia
==See also== * Fox Sports Asia
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{Twitter|name=Collete Wong}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Wong, Colette}} Category:1974 births Category:Living people Category:Alumni of University College Dublin Category:Singaporean television journalists Category:Singaporean women journalists Category:Singaporean television personalities Category:Singaporean women television presenters Category:Catholic Junior College alumni