David Walsh (journalist)

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David Joseph Walsh (born June 17, 1955 ) is an Irish sports reporter, managing editor of the London Sunday Times and non-fiction author. In 2001, he revealed that Lance Armstrong was being treated by Michele Ferrari , an Italian doctor convicted of sports offenses . In 2004 Walsh published together with the French reporter Pierre Ballester the book LA confidential - The secrets of Lance Armstrong about doping allegations against Armstrong. It contains allegations from Armstrong's former masseuse Emma O'Reilly .

Walsh was four times Sports Writer of the Year in Ireland; In 2013, Seven Deadly Sins was named “Sports Book of the Year” with an Irish Book Award .

Works (selection)

  • Kelly: A Biography of Sean Kelly , Grafton, 1987
  • Inside the Tour De France , Hutchinson, 1994
  • Heroes of Irish Sporting Life , MedMedia, 1995 (with Liam Hayes and Vincent Hogan)
  • From Lance to Landis: Inside the American Doping Controversy at the Tour de France , Ballantine Books, 2007

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ timesonline.co.uk: "Sunday Times scoops up sports journalism awards 2001" , March 23, 2008, last accessed September 18, 2008 (English)
  2. ↑ times-olympics.co.uk: "Sports Writer of the Year" ( Memento of the original from October 14, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , last accessed September 18, 2008 (English) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.times-olympics.co.uk
personal data
SURNAME Walsh, David
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Walsh, David Joseph
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Irish sports reporter and author
DATE OF BIRTH June 17, 1955