Markus Theil

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Markus Theil (born October 3, 1968 in Munich ) is a German sports journalist and sports commentator .

Life

Since 1998, Theil has been working mainly in tennis and football as a commentator for Eurosport 1 and for the streaming service DAZN . He played tennis himself in the 2nd Bundesliga and was part of the Munich youth team as a youth.

In 2017 he won the German TV Award in the category "Best Sports Broadcast" for commenting on the 2016 US Open Women's Final together with Marco Hagemann (Commentator Australian Open 2016), Matthias Stach (Moderator) and Frederic Jouon (Producer) . In 2019 he commented on the first Grand Slam victory of a German men's double since 1937 by Kevin Krawietz / Andreas Mies at the French Open . He was also part of a broadcast at the US Open 2019 when a power failure threatened the transmission.

According to the website tennisnet.com, Theil is “one of the most popular tennis commentators on the tour” and can be heard regularly in podcasts .

Others

Markus Theil works as a teacher for English , social studies and history at the vocational high school in Bad Tölz.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Markus Theil - athlete profile - football. Retrieved January 9, 2020 .
  2. ↑ Eurosport 1 . In: Wikipedia . July 30, 2019 ( wikipedia.org [accessed January 9, 2020]).
  3. ^ Perform Media Deutschland GmbH: DAZN commentators and experts: Paulke, Hagemann, Morawe. March 12, 2018, accessed January 9, 2020 .
  4. ^ The German Television Prize: Theil, Markus. In: Deutscher Fernsehpreis 2020. Retrieved on January 9, 2020 (German).
  5. ↑ Eurosport wins the German Television Award in the "Best Sports Show" category. February 2, 2017, accessed January 9, 2020 .
  6. ↑ Teacher from Lenggries comments on the historic final of the French Open on Eurosport. June 14, 2019, accessed January 9, 2020 .
  7. ↑ DWDL de GmbH: Necessity makes you inventive: Eurosport saves tennis broadcast. Retrieved January 9, 2020 .
  8. ↑ From all over the world: Part in the talk, handle thing and the dream of a tennis professional. September 15, 2019, accessed January 9, 2020 .
  9. ↑ tennis proleten: From the tennis world of Eurosport. Retrieved December 8, 2019 .
  10. ↑ tennis players: Quo Vadis, tennis? Accessed January 2, 2020 .
  11. ↑ FOS teacher wins German television award. February 9, 2017, accessed January 9, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Theil, Markus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German sports journalist and commentator
DATE OF BIRTH 3rd October 1968
PLACE OF BIRTH Munich