Fritz von Thurn and Taxis

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Fritz von Thurn und Taxis , actually Friedrich Leonhard Ignatius Josef Maria Lamoral Balthasar Thurn and Taxis (born  June 22, 1950 in Linz ), is an Austrian journalist . He became known as a long-time sports presenter on Bavarian television . From 1993 to 2017 he worked as a football commentator for the pay TV channel Sky ( premiered until 2009 ).

Life

He began his journalistic career in 1971 with Bayerischer Rundfunk . Thurn und Taxis was active as a sports reporter and commentator in both television and radio programs and was featured in several Olympic Games, soccer, ski and ice hockey world championships.

The international ice hockey federation awarded him the golden IIHF medal for his many years of coverage of the ice hockey world championships. He later took over the moderation of the sports magazine Blickpunkt Sport and also appeared as a moderator of the sports show on ARD . His last live report on public radio took place on July 4, 1993, when he commented on the final of the basketball championship 1993 between Germany and Russia for Bavarian radio. After the pay-TV broadcaster Premiere (since July 2009 Sky ) acquired the broadcasting rights for live Bundesliga games , Thurn und Taxis switched to the private provider in August 1993 as chief commentator. In May 2017, he ended his career with the 2017 DFB-Pokal final between Eintracht Frankfurt and Borussia Dortmund , which he commented on for Sky. In September 2017 he returned to television as a permanent member of the Eurosport program #TGIM - DER kicker.tv TALK (however, this cooperation ended after only one season). After announcing the end of his moderation activities, the Twitter hashtag #Fritzlove became a trend. As a guest commentator, Thurn und Taxis returned behind the microphone one last time at the Bundesliga broadcast debut from the streaming broadcaster DAZN on August 16, 2019 (FC ​​Bayern vs. Hertha BSC). In the course of the broadcast, he did not rule out a repetition of the collaboration, as he had already said in an interview.

As before, Fritz von Thurn und Taxis takes a public position on issues relating to football, for example in an interview by Jürgen Roth for the left-wing daily Junge Welt .

Origin and family

The journalist comes from the Bohemian line of the former Princely House of Thurn and Taxis as a son of Johann Thurn and Taxis (1908–1959) and his wife Maria Julia (1919–2008, ⚭ 1939 in Prague ), b. Lobkowicz .

Thurn und Taxis has been married since 1977.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Johann von Nepomuk Emmerich (...). Entry Thurn 9 on genealogy.euweb.cz. Retrieved January 31, 2011.
  2. ↑ a b See Nobility Repeal Act 1919
  3. ↑ "Fritz von Thurn und Taxis: And suddenly it was love" Article on DWDL.de of May 27, 2017. Retrieved on May 28, 2017
  4. ↑ http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/bundesliga/startseite/707144/artikel_feuer-nicht-erloschen_von-thurn-und-taxis-feiert-tv-comeback.html
  5. ↑ Marco Schyns: #Fritzlove: Cult commentator Fritz von Thurn und Taxis inspires football fans on the Internet. April 27, 2017. Retrieved August 17, 2019 .
  6. ↑ http://www.spox.com/de/video/dazn-highlight-mix/1908/die-legende-ist-zurueck-das-sagt-fritz-von-thurn-und-taxis-zu-seinem-comeback -dazn-bundesliga.html
  7. ↑ Cult commentator Fritz von Thurn und Taxis: That's why I am daring a TV comeback. Retrieved August 17, 2019 .
  8. ↑ "You notice that something is wrong", in: Junge Welt, April 1, 2020.
  9. ↑ See “Law No. 61 of December 10, 1918 (Abolition of the Nobility, Repeal of Family Fideikommisse, amended by Laws No. 243/1920 and 179/1924)” on Section 106 of the Constitutional Charter of the Czechoslovak Republic of February 29, 1920, Law No. 121/1920. In: Constitutions of Czechoslovakia (1918–1992).
  10. ↑ Maria Julia, Princess of Lobkowicz. Entry on GeneAll.net. Retrieved January 31, 2011.
personal data
SURNAME Thurn and Taxis, Fritz von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Thurn and Taxis, Friedrich (real name); Thurn und Taxis, Friedrich Leonhard Ignatius Josef Maria Lamoral Balthasar (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian sports journalist
DATE OF BIRTH June 22, 1950
PLACE OF BIRTH Linz