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Sue Barker and mystery of the Athena p ster

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Vincent
Published date23 January 2022
Publication titleDaily Star (England)
And her Question Of Sport co-host Phil Tufnell was so convinced it was the former tennis pro's bottom in the iconic photo that he came out and asked her

He said the TV presenter was pestered constantly about the iconic shot - but she never denied it.

Phil, 55, said: "Perhaps the most famous bedroom wall poster of all time was the blonde tennis player scratching her left buttock, possibly a midge bite.

"I must admit I always thought the woman in the photo was Sue Barker; you couldn't see her face as she was facing the net.

"The first time I went on A Question Of Sport as a contestant I took the opportunity to ask Sue, the programme's host, whether it really washer .

"She responded that I was far from the first person to have made that assumption, and were she to have received a pound for every time she'd been asked then she'd be a very rich woman indeed."

The mystery woman in the saucy snap was finally named in 2011 as Fiona Walker.

It was taken by her photographer...

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