Bernard Thurnheer

Bernard "Beni" Thurnheer (* 11. July 1949 in Winterthur ; heimatberechtigt in Weinfelden ) is a Swiss sports reporter , TV - presenter and emcee .

life and career

Thurnheer's father comes from Thurgau , his mother from Vaud . He studied law at the University of Zurich and graduated in 1973 with a degree ( magna cum laude ). In the same year he was discovered and employed among 1,600 competitors at a young talent competition for sports reporters by radio and television DRS. After working primarily as a radio presenter, he appeared on television for the first time in 1975, as a presenter for the program Sportkalender . Over time, he took over the presentation of almost all sports programs on Swiss television such as sports on weekends ,Sports panorama and current sports . As a live commentator, he specialized in football and ice hockey . From 1980 to 1991 he hosted the quiz program Tell-Star and from 1992 to 2012 the entertainment program Benissimo . He has been awarded the Prix ​​Walo four times. In 2002 he made his debut as a book author with Reden ist nach Silber , a collection of short stories and anecdotes from his professional and private life. In 2011 the TV casting show One like Beni Thurnheer, specially designed for Bernard Thurnheer, ran. Thurnheer was the namesake and jury member of the show, whichhelped Swiss sports television (SSF) to engage and develop a young talent as a sports commentator.

As an eloquent moderator and commentator with an unrestrained flow of speech, Thurnheer is also referred to as the “Schnurri der Nation”, as well as with the addition “national” that is customary among particularly well-known, deserved or popular Swiss people: “Beni national”. In his live comments, he made a name for himself with his meticulous factual knowledge and his original games of thought and words. Two examples:

• "In a flock of black sheep, the white sheep is the black sheep." (alluding to the only white soccer player from Trinidad & Tobago )
• "Now a doctor has to be here, a handicraft teacher is no longer enough!" (after the head injury of the Swiss Senderos at the 2006 World Cup )

Thurnheer is a member of the Board of Trustees of the Pestalozzi Children's Foundation . He lives in Seuzach and speaks fluent German, French, Italian and English. He is divorced, in a relationship and has two sons, Thomas and Peter.

Books

• Talking is silver after all . Zytglogge , Gümligen 2002, ISBN 3-7296-0629-8 .
• How am I supposed to know what I'm thinking before I hear what I'm saying . Zytglogge, Gümligen 2003, ISBN 3-7296-0666-2 .
• Have a say in football . Zytglogge, Oberhofen 2005, ISBN 3-7296-0699-9 .
• Have a say in the national team . Zytglogge, Oberhofen 2008, ISBN 978-3-7296-0769-9 .
• The main thing is that it flickers. A life with television. Giger 2017, ISBN 978-3-906872-08-7 .

Web links

• Literature by and about Bernard Thurnheer in the catalog of the German National Library
• Bernard Thurnheer ( memento from November 15, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) in the VIP lexicon of Schweizer Illustrierte
• Bernard Thurnheer tells : Autobiographical audio book from the edition experienced and remembered

Individual evidence

1. ↑ The umbrella association of Swiss teachers found that Thurnheer had violated the dignity of an entire profession with this slogan. It later turned out that Thurnheer had bet with an acquaintance to include a given word - handicraft teacher - in the comment: Beni Thurnheer and the handicraft teacher , article in the NZZ of June 27, 2006
2. ^ Board of Trustees of the Pestalozzi Children's Foundation . In: pestalozzi.ch, accessed on June 8, 2014
3. ↑ Lukas Rüttimann, Kaye Anthon: “Being single is not a disease” Interview in: Blick.ch from October 24, 2009
4. ↑ Tom Wyss: TV legend Beni Thurnheer on career and love after 65 "I call Kathrin my wife." Interview in: SonntagsBlick from June 8, 2014