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 special envoy of TVE and Teledeporte to the Olympic Games from Los Angeles 84, Seoul 88, Barcelona 92, Atlanta 96 and Lilleihamer. He was named general coordinator of planning and production in the events dedicated to the 25th Anniversary of TVE and operational coordinator of TVE at the Los Angeles Olympic Games.

He is the author of several books such as You can: The eventful history of the disabled in sport, Dictionary of illustrious disabled people e History and development of TV. The pioneers of TVE.
In addition to his work as a journalist, he has been a National Superior Basketball coach, three-time gold medalist in the Eurosport international games with the TVE basketball team, former Spanish team fencing champion, former coach of the ACB League and the national Absolute and Under-21 wheelchair basketball team. He created, was a player and coach of the Spanish Press, Radio and Television basketball team. He introduced fencing for the disabled and women's wheelchair basketball to Spain.