Marion Reimers

Marion Renate Reimers Tusche (born 2 August 1985) is a Mexican sports journalist, commentator, television host, and professor currently working for Fox Sports Mexico (formerly Fox Sports Latin America - North Cone) and Fox Deportes.[1] She has anchored the nightly sports news program Central Fox since 2008.[2] She is also the co-founder and president of the non-profit, non-government organization Versus Mexico.

Marion Reimers
Reimers in 2017
Born
Marion Renate Reimers Tusche

(1985-08-02) 2 August 1985
Mexico City, Mexico
Other namesLa Reimers
EducationTecnológico de Monterrey
Universidad Torcuato Di Tella
Occupation
  • Sports journalist
  • commentator
  • television host
Years active2006-present

Personal life

Marion Reimers was born on 2 August 1985 in Mexico City, Mexico. She has played sports such as swimming, tennis, football and athletics since she was four years old. She was a national champion of karate. She studied art history and photography in Florence, Italy, but later decided to study communications at the Tecnológico de Monterrey. In 2014, she earned a master's degree in journalism from Universidad Torcuato di Tella in association with La Nación.[1]

Reimers is fluent in Spanish, English, and German. Her hobbies include reading, photography, and music.

Career

Reimers began her career as an editor for Fox Sports Latin America - North Cone in 2006. In 2007 she began her broadcasting career, first as a reporter and then as weekend anchor of Diario Fox Sports. In 2008 she became the main presenter of Central Fox sports news show which airs in Latin America on Fox Sports and in the United States on Fox Deportes. In 2012, she moved to Buenos Aires, Argentina as part of an employment exchange with Fox Sports Latin America - South Cone while she studied for her master's degree. The same year she was awarded the "Female Revelation in Sports Journalism" award by the Higher Institute of Sports Journalism in Buenos Aires. She has covered numerous events, including the Olympic Games in 2012 and 2016, FIFA World Cup in 2010, 2014, and 2018, UEFA Champions League in 2015, 2016 and 2019, and Copa Libertadores. She is also a journalism professor at the Tecnológico de Monterrey de la Ciudad de Mexico.[1]

In 2015, Reimers became the first Mexican woman to be nominated for a Sports Emmy Award in the United States. She was nominated for Outstanding On-Air Sports Personality in Spanish.[1][3] In June 2019, she became the first Hispanic woman to broadcast the UEFA Champions League Final, where she was a match analyst and co-commentator on Fox Sports Latin America - North Cone.[4]

Reimers began calling Liga MX Femenil matches on Fox Sports Dos in Mexico as a match analyst and co-commentator when the league was launched in July 2017. She became the lead play-by-play commentator in July 2019. She is also a play-by-play commentator for Bundesliga matches on Fox Sports Mexico and Fox Sports Central America.

Reimers begins each match broadcast at the first half kickoff with her signature catch phase, "Con el privilegio de estar siempre cerca del balón." (meaning "With the privilege of always being close to the ball.")

Other ventures

Philanthropy and advocacy

In 2017, Reimers co-founded Versus Mexico, a non-profit, non-government organization devoted to bringing public awareness and combating gender, racial, and class discrimination in sports journalism.[5] The organization launched with a viral video on YouTube featuring Reimers, Verónica Rodríguez, and Jimena Sánchez. The video shows how they are met with harmful, violent and misogynistic comments because of their role as women in sports.[6][7][8][9]

Coverage

Reimers has covered the following events and leagues for Fox Sports Mexico:

Awards
  • 2015 – Sports Emmy nomination
  • 2012 – Female Sports Reporter Award in Argentina
  • 2008 – Medal of Merit in Communications and Journalism in Mexico.

References
  1. "Marion Reimers | Fox Sports PressPass". Fox Sports PressPass. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
  2. México, El Universal. "Marion Reimers, mujer que hace historia (Marion Reimers, woman who makes history)". El Universal (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 November 2017.
  3. Villegas Gama, Karla. "Marion Reimers, de sports junkie a nominada al Emmy (Marion Reimers: from sports junkie to Emmy nominee)". FOX Deportes (US) website (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 November 2017.
  4. Salmerón, Cristina. "Marion Reimers, la primera mujer en narrar la final de Champions League". mexico.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 July 2019.
  5. "¿Quiénes sómos?". Versus (in Spanish). 9 February 2018. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
  6. Daen, Arturo. "Conductoras y periodistas deportivas vs. la discriminación (Presenters and sports journalists vs. discrimination)". animalpolitico.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 November 2017.
  7. Versus AC (11 February 2017), Versus México, por la igualdad de género, retrieved 26 November 2017
  8. "Con un video, conductoras deportivas denuncian acoso sexual (With a video, sports conductors denounce sexual harassment)". Televisa News (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 November 2017.
  9. "ONG expone acoso sexual a conductoras de Fox Sports (non-profit organization exposes sexual harassment to Fox Sports presenters)" (in Spanish). 15 February 2017. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
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