David Faitelson
{{Short description|Mexican-Israeli sports journalist}}
{{family name hatnote|Faitelson| Pulido|lang=Spanish}}
{{BLP sources|date=May 2011}}
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| image = David Faitelson.jpg
| caption = Faitelson in SportsNation/Nación ESPN in 2010
| native_name = דוד פייטלסון
| native_name_lang = Hebrew
| birth_name = David Moshé Faitelson Pulido
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1968|11|08}}
| birth_place = Kokhav Michael, Israel{{cite web |last1=Rosado |first1=Yordi |title=DAVID FAITELSON, el hombre detrás de la POLÉMICA. La entrevista con Yordi Rosado. |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=StM5n_-Z_MA |website=YouTube |publisher=Yordi Rosado |access-date=20 April 2025 |date=7 January 2024 |quote=[17:40] I was in a small town called the Kokhav Michael moshav, which is about 30 kilometers away from the Gaza Strip.}}
| education = Lic. in Communication{{cite news |last1=Coello |first1=Por Luz |title=Este es el grado de estudios de David Faitelson, el comentarista de Televisa que insultó a Rafa Puente Jr. |url=https://www.infobae.com/mexico/deportes/2024/04/24/este-es-el-grado-de-estudios-de-david-faitelson-el-comentarista-de-televisa-que-insulto-a-rafa-puente-jr/ |access-date=20 April 2025 |work=infobae |date=24 April 2024 |language=es-ES}}
| alma_mater = National Autonomous University of Mexico
| occupation = Journalist
| years_active =
| employer = TUDN (since 2023)
}}
David Moshé Faitelson Pulido{{Cite web |url=http://elcomentario.ucol.mx/Noticia.php?id=1331278028 |title=Testimonio de una Pasión de David Faitelson |access-date=2013-02-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150720191744/http://elcomentario.ucol.mx/Noticia.php?id=1331278028 |archive-date=2015-07-20 |url-status=dead }} (born November 8, 1968) is a Mexican sports journalist who currently works for TUDN. He lives in Mexico City and is married and has three daughters.(18 February 2009). [https://espndeportes.espn.com/news/story?id=558195&s=tel&type=story Biografía - David Faitelson], TUDN, Retrieved NOV 18, 2023
TV debut
Faitelson and José Ramón Fernández jointly formed a sport show in Mexico, called DeporTV. In between his stay at TV Azteca, Faitelson covered the World Cup 1986 in Mexico, the 1991 Pan American Games in Cuba for Mexico,Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/M1O8Sp_KR5k Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20200301220955/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1O8Sp_KR5k Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite AV media| url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1O8Sp_KR5k| title = Puerto Rico vs Mexico - Final - Full Game - 1991 Pan American Games | website=YouTube}}{{cbignore}} the World Cup 1994 in the United States, the World Cup 1998 in France, the World Cup 2002 in South Korea and Japan, and the World Cup 2006 held in Germany. Faitelson also covered each of the Summer Olympics from 1988 to 2012.
Recent years
After the 2006 FIFA World Cup, Faitelson was one of several journalists who moved to sports specific channels. Along with other DeporTV analysts, he joined ESPN Deportes. As of 2011 he covered Mexican football, baseball, boxing the Olympics, and other sports. He was involved in shows such as Fútbol Picante, SportsCenter, Cronómetro, and Nación ESPN.
"El Color"
Faitelson is known for his dramatic, inspirational reports on the colorful side of the sport. "El Color" is his trademark and is the best-received of Faitelson's journalism work. He authored several articles. His work includes interviews with athletes such as Lance Armstrong, Carl Lewis, Julio César Chávez, Pelé, Diego Armando Maradona, and Nadia Comăneci.
He wrote a memoir called 20 Años de Pasión y Polémica.
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Category:Israeli people of Mexican-Jewish descent
Category:Israeli people of Cuban descent
Category:Mexican emigrants to the United States
Category:Mexican television journalists
Category:Mexican sports journalists
Category:Mexican male journalists