Manolo Romero receives the Panorama Award for a Lifetime Achievement

standing, and with a long ovation, Last night the professionals received one of the great masters of the audiovisual industry, Manolo Romero, upon receiving the Panorama Award for a Lifetime Achievement.

Manolo Romero Canela, admired and loved by the entire audiovisual sector, He is undoubtedly the Spaniard with the most international projection in the broadcast industry..

Born in Seville. Romero, He is a Telecommunications Engineer from the Polytechnic University of Madrid. After entering by competitive examination, he began his professional career in the Technical Directorate of TVE in 1965. Very soon he worked in international sporting events such as the Olympic Games.. of Mexico 68, forming part of the EBU/EBU operational group. At the World Cup in Spain, in 1982, He was the top technical manager, whose indisputable success catapulted him to work with the American network ABC as head of the European Operations Directorate based in Paris..

He was later named ABC International Operations Manager for the Los Angeles Games. 84. For this work he was awarded the Emmy Award for best sports television coverage..

The return to Europe placed him in charge of the Olympic Games Operation. in Barcelona 92, after which his pilgrimage around the world has taken him, among many other positions, to be the head of the US World Cup. of the 94, of the Olympic Games. an Atlanta (1996), (Sydney 2000), Athens (2004), Beijing (2008), London (2012), as well as in other winter Olympic games and countless world championships in athletics and other sports.

Since its creation in 2003, assumed general management of Olympic Broadcasting Services (OBS), the company formed by the International Olympic Committee (COI) for television coverage of the Olympic Games, voluntarily leaving the first line executive at the end of 2012 to become vice president of the company.

He is currently an IOC Television Advisor., from several international federations of different sports, vice president of OBS and president of ISB (International Sport Broadcasting).

With this award, the Panorama Awards, created by Panorama Audiovisual, From now on, they will recognize the work carried out by a professional throughout their entire career in this sector..

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