Mari Carmen Izquierdo

Born in Lerma, Province of Burgos on 22 February 1950, Izquierdo graduated in the Official School of Journalism of Madrid. Her career has been closely linked to sports information and was at the time a true pioneer of the female presence in Spain in this area of journalism traditionally reserved for men.

She began this activity in the Diario AS sports journal and a year later she entered Televisión Española. She was the first woman to report on sports in the history of Spain, and in the first stage she reported in the 24-hour news (1970–1972) directed by Manuel Martín Ferrand in La 2 channel.

Later she would carry out tasks of presentation in the sport spaces Tiempo y marca and Estudio Estadio, and at the end of the seventies and principally in the eighties she was in charge of the Sports section in Telediario, the main information of the chain.

At the same time she was able to cover various events such as the Olympic Games,{{cite news |url=http://hemeroteca.abc.es/nav/Navigate.exe/hemeroteca/madrid/abc/1980/06/15/116.html |newspaper=ABC |language=es |title=Programa de la Olimpiada en la Televisión |date=15 June 1980 |page=116 |access-date=4 August 2019 |publisher=Vocento}} World Cups or European Football and other sports.

In the world of radio, in 1987, she was appointed Chief of Sports of Radiocadena Española.{{cite news |url=https://elpais.com/diario/1987/09/25/radiotv/559519204_850215.html |title=Moncho Alpuente, principal novedad en la programación de Radiocadena |language=es |location=Madrid |date=25 September 1987 |access-date=4 August 2019 |newspaper=El País: Prisa}}

In print media, she has also collaborated with the Marc, Diario 16, Pueblo and Informaciones newspapers and has been the assistant director of the Gráfico Deportivo magazine.

The last stage of her professional career has been the director of Executive Production of TVE Sports Programs for almost ten years and subsequently as Deputy General Director of the ADO Plan. She has combined that with the Presidency of the Spanish Association of the Sports Press between 1993 and 2013.{{cite news |url=https://www.laverdad.es/murcia/v/20130216/deportes_murcia/mas-deporte/mari-carmen-izquierdo-dice-20130216.html |title=Mari Carmen Izquierdo dice adiós |language=es |date=16 February 2013 |access-date=4 August 2019 |newspaper=La Verdad |publisher=Vocento}}

Among the awards received, there is the Silver Medal for Sports Merit. Other honorary posts that she has held include Vocal of the Governing Council of Quinielas, Patron of the Foundation of the Professional Soccer League, member of the Spanish Olympic Committee, and Jury of the Princess of Asturias Awards for Sports.{{cite news |url=https://www.lne.es/vida-y-estilo/gente/2018/08/11/rosa-maria-mateo-estupenda-cabeza/2331731.html |title=Rosa María Mateo tiene una estupenda cabeza y sentido común que le irá bien a RTVE |language=es |first=Manel |last=Hernández |location=Gijón |date=11 August 2018 |access-date=4 August 2019 |newspaper=La Nueva España |publisher=Prensa Ibérica}}

She died in Madrid as a result of pancreatic cancer.{{cite news |url=https://www.20minutos.es/deportes/noticia/muere-mari-carmen-izquierdo-periodista-deportiva-as-marca-telediario-3719037/0/ |title=Muere Mari Carmen Izquierdo, una de las mujeres pioneras en el periodismo deportivo español |language=es |author=Sport You |date=30 July 2019 |access-date=4 August 2019 |newspaper=20 Minutos}}

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