Nadia Zyncenko
Nadia Zyncenko[note 1] (born 1948) is an Argentine weather forecaster and meteorologist of Italian birth[1][2] and Ukrainian descent.
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| Born | 1948 (age 72–73) Bagnoli, Naples, Italy |
| Nationality | Argentine and Spanish |
| Alma mater | University of Buenos Aires |
| Occupation | Meteorologist, TV presenter |
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Biography
Nadia Zyncenko is the daughter of Vladímir Zyncenko (Владимир Зинченко), a Ukrainian veteran of the Red Army in World War II, and the Ukrainian María Petrenko (born 1924).[3] After the war her parents met in Rome and went to live in Bagnoli (then a coastal village 5 km from Naples, now a neighborhood in the west of the city), where Nadia was born.
A few days after I was born, my parents put me on a transatlantic liner, fleeing from hunger, and we arrived in Argentina. Since at home I spoke in Ukrainian and in school in Spanish, I could never adapt my way of speaking to Argentina.
— Nadia Zyncenko[2]
She grew up with her parents in a rural area of Pilar, Buenos Aires Province, 40 km from the city of Buenos Aires. There her two brothers, Pablo and Pedro, were born.
During the eight years he was in combat, my dad spent his time looking at the sky, where planes flew and bombs fell. When he came to Argentina he continued doing the same, but not waiting for bombs but trying to guess how the weather would be. That's how he, an immigrant in the middle of the countryside, ended up telling the neighboring dairy farmers how the weather was going to be.
— Nadia Zyncenko
Professional career
Zyncenko entered the Faculty of Exact and Natural Sciences at the University of Buenos Aires, where she obtained a scholarship from the National Meteorological Service, a state agency that at that time was dependent on the Argentine Air Force.[2] She is an active member of the International Organization of Weather Presenters.[1]
In 1980 she earned a spot as a substitute "weather presenter" on Televisión Pública Argentina (Canal 7), the state television station.[1] She later got a permanent job on Buenos Aires' Canal 11 (now Telefe).[2] In 1992, she became once again "the weather woman" on the state channel, this time permanently, appearing from Monday to Friday at noon and 9:00 p.m., and on Sundays at midnight.[1] Meanwhile, she kept her job at the National Meteorological Service (with the position "chief of aeronautical meteorology" at Jorge Newbery airport, among others), until 2010.[1]
On Monday, 4 June 2012, she started her own half-hour television program, Nadia 6:30, on Televisión Pública Argentina.[2][4]
On 18 May 2014 she received a special career recognition at the Martín Fierro Awards.[5]
On 6 February 2018, Zyncenko was separated from Televisión Pública, apparently for having exceeded – at 69 – the retirement age. Despite this, on 8 February 2018, the government extended retirement until age 70 for men and women.[6][7]
Notes
- As she was born in Italy, her surname was transliterated according to the Italian pronunciation rules. In Argentina her surname is pronounced /siŋ 'tʃeŋ ko/. In East Slavic languages it is pronounced /zinʲ 't͡ʃɛnʲ ko/.
References
- Gallardo, Agustín (April 2005). "Nadia Zyncenko". Para Ti (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 25 April 2016. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
- Respighi, Emanuel (2 June 2012). "Para arrancar con buen clima" [To Start with Good Weather]. Página/12 (in Spanish). Retrieved 5 July 2018.
- "Asalta y golpean a la madre de Nadia" [Assault and Battery on Nadia's Mother]. El Litoral (in Spanish). Pilar. 9 March 2012. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
- Zavaley, Emilio. "'El meteorólogo pasó a ser protagonista por el cambio climático'" [The Meteorologist Became a Protagonist Because of Climate Change]. Teleshow (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 4 June 2012. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
- "El reconocimiento a Nadia, la meteoróloga de la TV" [The Recognition of Nadia, the TV Meteorologist]. Perfil (in Spanish). 18 May 2014. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
- "Echaron a Nadia, la mujer del clima de la TV Pública, porque es 'grande'" [They Fired Nadia, the Weather Woman of TV Pública, Because She is 'Great']. Minuto Uno (in Spanish). 6 February 2018. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
- "Decreto 110/2018". Boletín Oficial de la República Argentina (in Spanish) (33.809): 3–5. 8 February 2018. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
