Journalist, producer and director Nacho Rodríguez Márquez dies

Nacho Rodríguez Márquez produced spaces such as 625 lines, Very Direct, Open studio, Small Zarzuela album, Collection, You can, Travel guide, Studio 1, Soap operas, Sports broadcasts, TVE is news, Forbidden images y Videographies.

The journalist, producer and director died this morning in Madrid as reported to the Television Academy their family and friends. The academic linked to the world of sports currently presides over the Association of Television Historians (ASSISTANT) and received the Academy Talent Award in 2013.

Graduate in Information Sciences from the Complutense University of Madrid. Graduated in Programming and Production from the Official School of Radio Broadcasting and Television. YoHe joined TVE in 1972 by public opposition with number one.

Producer of emblematic House programs, he was coordinator of spaces such as Time and Mark, Stadium Study, From Olympia to Los Angeles, o This is Formula 1.

Worked as director, screenwriter and producer of Can, the first series dedicated to disabled sports in the history of television in the world; Collection, a series dedicated to making known the unusual Spanish museums and Champion Race. He was also director of Memories of the Albertville Olympic Games, Lilleihamer Champions, Videographies, History of the Estudiantes de Madrid Basketball Club, Alpha Code, Sports School y Film Memory, series about the history of the Spanish Film Archive.

He was a commentator for 700 basketball matches, 600 volleyball matches, 100 beach volleyball matches, the European and World skating championships, international golf tournaments and opens, the world and national table tennis championships, fencing in the Olympic Games, the world superbike series and many other sports such as bowling, skiing, skeleton, rope, judo, taekwondo and Basque sports.

On the other hand, it was also the enviado especial de TVE y Teledeporte a los Juegos Olímpicos de Los Ángeles 84, Seúl 88, Barcelona 92, Atlanta 96 y Lilleihamer. Fue nombrado coordinador general de planificación y producción en los actos dedicados al XXV Aniversario de TVE y coordinador operativo de TVE en los Juegos Olímpicos de Los Ángeles.

Es autor de varios libros como Tú puedes: La azarosa historia de los minusválidos en el deporte, Diccionario de discapacitados ilustres e Historia y desarrollo de la TV. Los pioneros de TVE.
Además de su labor como periodista, ha sido entrenador Nacional Superior de Baloncesto, tres veces medalla de oro en los juegos internacionales Eurosport con el equipo de baloncesto de TVE, ex campeón de España de esgrima por equipos, ex entrenador de la Liga ACB y del equipo nacional de baloncesto en silla de ruedas Absoluto y Sub-21. Creó, fue jugador y entrenador de la Selección Española de Prensa, Radio y Televisión de baloncesto. Introdujo en España el esgrima para discapacitados y el baloncesto femenino en silla de ruedas.