Julia Scharf was born in
Gera in the region of
Thuringia and grew up in
Zorneding,
Upper Bavaria. She ended school in 2000 with her
Abitur. She then studied from 2001 to 2006 sports science and media communication at the
Technical University of Munich. She joined
Sport1 in 2008 after various internships and presentings. In summer 2010, she was the presenter of
Bundesliga Pur and
SPORT1 News. She was also a field reporter for the
IPTV broadcaster LIGA total! by
Deutsche Telekom. Since November 2011, she presented on
SWR Fernsehen for the programs
Sport im Dritten,
Sport Extra and
Sport am Samstag. She also presents the sports section on the
Tagesthemen and the gymnastic events on
ARD. For
Das Erste, she presents the sky jumping and also
alpine skiing since the
2014 Winter Olympics in
Sochi. She also presents since August 2014 the
Sportschau on Sunday. Since 11 April 2016, she presents the program
Blickpunkt Sport on
BR Fernsehen and also the
Sportblock on the
Rundschau. In 2018, she presented the reporting of the matches of the
2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia. == Personal life ==