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{{short description|Television and radio presenter (born 1942)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name        = Des Lynam
| honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country=GBR|OBE|size=100%}}
| image       = Deslynam.jpg
| caption     = Lynam in 2005
| birth_name  = Desmond Michael Lynam
| birth_date  = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1942|9|17}}
| birth_place = [[Ennis]], [[County Clare]], Ireland
| death_date  = 
| death_place = 
| years_active = 1968–present
| occupation  = [[Television presenter|Radio/Television presenter]]
| spouse      = {{plainlist|
* {{marriage|Susan Skinner|1965|1974|end=divorced}}
* {{marriage|Rosemary Diamond|2011}}
}}
| children    = 1
}}
'''Desmond Michael Lynam''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|OBE}} (born 17 September 1942) is an Irish-born British television and radio presenter. In a broadcasting career spanning more than forty years, he has hosted television coverage of many of the world's major sporting events, presenting ''[[Grandstand (TV programme)|Grandstand]]'', ''[[Match of the Day]]'',  [[Wimbledon Championships|Wimbledon]], the [[Grand National]], ''[[Sportsnight]]'', the [[FIFA World Cup|World Cup]] and [[Olympic Games]], as well as presenting non-sporting programmes such as ''[[Holiday (TV series)|Holiday]]'', ''[[How Do They Do That?]]'' and ''[[Countdown (game show)|Countdown]]''.