Sergio Gorzy
Born
Sergio Gorzyczanski Jones

(1958-06-14) June 14, 1958
Montevideo, Uruguay
Occupations
  • Sports journalist
  • sportscaster
  • television presenter
  • broadcaster
Children1

Sergio Gorzyczanski Jones (born 14 June 1958) is a Uruguayan sports journalist, sportscaster and television presenter.

With an extensive career, since the mid-1970s Gorzy has hosted numerous sports and variety shows on radio and television, including Pasión, La Hora de los Deportes and Cámara Celeste.[1] As a sports journalist he has covered every edition of the FIFA World Cup since 1978.[2] He has also ventured into acting. From 2014 to 2016 he served as president of the Central Israelite Committee of Uruguay, the main organization of the country's Jewish community.[3]

Early life

Sergio Gorzyczanski Jones was born on June 14, 1965, at the Italian Hospital in Montevideo, the son of Berta Jones and Israel "Julio" Gorzyczanski, both hoteliers and travel agents.[4] From a Jewish family, his father —a Polish Jew— was born in Warsaw, and emigrated to Uruguay as a baby in 1930 with his parents. His mother was the daughter of Lithuanian immigrants who arrived in the country in the 1920s.[5]

Raised in the Palerno neighborhood, he attended the Escuela Integral Hebreo-Uruguaya, an educational center with Jewish religious affiliation.[6] He was also part of the Zionist youth movement Jazit Hanoar.[7] After graduating from high school he enrolled at the University of the Republic to study business administration, but did not finish his degree.[8]

Career

In his youth he worked in his family's travel agency.[4] He began her media career at age 18 as a radio production assistant. Shortly after he started in sports journalism.[9] In 1978 he was accredited to the FIFA World Cup, and since then he has attended all editions working for the Uruguayan media.[10]

In the 1980s he worked as a columnist in the newspaper El País, and in various radio programs. In 1991 he began to co-present with other journalists the National Television sports program, La Hora de los Deportes.[9] His participation gave him wide recognition from the public. In 1993 he joined Teledoce to be part of the sports news program Polideportivo 12.

In 1994 he left Teledoce and joined the cable television channel TyC Sports Uruguay —Uruguayan division of TyC Sports— to host TyC en la Cancha, a program that summarized soccer matches, after the channel bought the exclusive rights to the Uruguayan soccer divisions. In 1997 he began co-hosting the program Usted que opina on Sport 890, which as of 2023 has 27 seasons.[11] When Tenfield was created at the end of 1998 and acquired the marketing rights for Uruguayan soccer, Gorzy became part of its journalistic team.[12] He hosted the debate program Pasión, which was awarded the Iris Award for best sports program on television on several occasions.[13]

In February 2003 he began hosting the daytime program Buscadores on the National Television.[14] In December 2005 he joined Tenfield's show Verano a la Carta produced every summer season in the seaside city of Punta del Este.[15] In 2007, Gorzy released Cámara Celeste, a travel documentary that follows the national football team and Uruguayan athletes in international tournaments.[16] Since then, he has reported on every FIFA World Cup, Copa America and Olympic Games.[17]

From 2011 to 2013 he was part of the staff of the Channel 10 program, Punto Penal,[18] and from 2013 to 2015 he co-hosted Cortita y al pie alongside Alberto Sonsol.[19] In 2015 he made his theater debut in the play Pato a la Naranja.[20][21]

In November 2018 he joined the Channel 4 news program Telenoche, as co-host of the sports segment.[22] That year he was cast in the comedy play Más hundidos que nunca, along with other television personalities and comedians.[23][24] Since 2019 he has hosted El Diario del Fútbol on Channel 4.[25]

Personal life

Gorzy has a daughter, Melina (b. 1993), a psychologist and actress.[26][27] He is in a relationship with Marcela Bonomi Gatti.[28] He belongs to the Nueva Congregación Israelita (NCI).[6]

In 2014 he was appointed president of the Central Israelite Committee of Uruguay, the organization that brings together all the Jewish communities and associations in the country.[29][30] He served in the position for a two-year period, being succeeded by Israel Buszkaniec in 2016.[31]

References

  1. ↑ "Sergio Gorzy desembarca en La Mañana | La Mañana" (in Spanish). 2022-07-04. Retrieved 2023-10-21.
  2. ↑ "Sergio Gorzy fue distinguido en premiación a periodistas con más de ocho mundiales". Sport 890 - La Radio Deportiva del Uruguay (in Spanish). 2022-11-29. Retrieved 2023-10-21.
  3. ↑ "Gorzy dejó el Comité Central Israelita". EL PAIS. 2016-04-17. Retrieved 2023-10-21.
  4. 1 2 "Gorzy: "A mí me resulta más fácil defender a Israel que a Tenfield, que se come garrones"". Montevideo Portal (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-10-21.
  5. ↑ "Breviario Sergio Gorzy". LARED21 (in Spanish). 2011-06-28. Retrieved 2023-10-21.
  6. 1 2 Press, U. Y. "Con Sergio Gorzy sin hablar de fútbol". mysitename (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-10-21.
  7. ↑ "Sergio Gorzy, Presidente del Comité Central Israelita del Uruguay". CCIU (in Spanish). 2014-03-12. Retrieved 2023-10-21.
  8. ↑ Contexto, Redacción (2022-08-06). "Entrevista a Sergio Gorzy". Semanario Contexto (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-10-21.
  9. 1 2 "Sergio Gorzy: "Mi permanencia no es lo común"". EL PAIS. 2018-08-18. Retrieved 2023-10-21.
  10. ↑ Redacción. "FIFA homenajeó a Gorzy, Kesman, Carlos Muñoz, Scelza y Toto da Silveira por su cobertura histórica en mundiales". El Observador. Retrieved 2023-10-21.
  11. ↑ ICNDiario (2022-03-07). "Sergio Gorzy: más que un periodista deportivo, en entrevista con ICN | ICNDiario" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-10-21.
  12. ↑ "Tenfield.com » Nosotros". 2021-06-10. Archived from the original on 2021-06-10. Retrieved 2023-10-21.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  13. ↑ "Todos los ganadores de los Premios Iris 2017". Teledoce.com (in Spanish). 2017-04-02. Retrieved 2023-10-21.
  14. ↑ "Buscadores se fue de TNU después de 17 años al aire". 2023-02-08. Archived from the original on 2023-02-08. Retrieved 2023-10-21.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  15. ↑ "Punta se sirve a la carta". EL PAIS. 2009-12-16. Retrieved 2023-10-21.
  16. ↑ "Sergio Gorzy y Lali Sonsol, una dupla que se une para hacer "Cámara celeste"". EL PAIS. 2021-10-08. Retrieved 2023-10-21.
  17. ↑ "Sergio Gorzy en Qatar: "Mi pasaje es para los siete partidos, pero creo que el Mundial de Uruguay será el 2026"". EL PAIS. 2022-11-12. Retrieved 2023-10-21.
  18. ↑ Redacción. "El primer fichaje de la temporada". El Observador. Retrieved 2023-10-21.
  19. ↑ "Cortita y al pie llega a su final". EL PAIS. 2015-07-01. Retrieved 2023-10-21.
  20. ↑ "Sergio Gorzy presenta 'Pato a la Naranja' junto a su hija". Teledoce.com (in Spanish). 2015-01-16. Retrieved 2023-10-21.
  21. ↑ "Teatro del Notariado estrena Pato a la naranja y Fontanarrisa de salón". Montevideo Portal (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-10-21.
  22. ↑ Redacción. "Sergio Gorzy se va a Canal 4". El Observador. Archived from the original on 2018-11-16. Retrieved 2023-10-21.
  23. ↑ "El periodismo deportivo cada vez hace más teatro". EL PAIS. 2018-04-23. Retrieved 2023-10-21.
  24. ↑ "Los problemas del fútbol llevados al escenario". EL PAIS. 2018-02-12. Retrieved 2023-10-21.
  25. ↑ "Sergio Gorzy anunció un nuevo programa que conducirá en Monte Carlo TV". Pantallazo (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-10-21.
  26. ↑ "Melina Gorzy: Actriz y psicóloga". EL PAIS. 2016-09-17. Retrieved 2023-10-21.
  27. ↑ ""Me gustaría compartir el escenario con mi hija", Sergio y Melina Gorzy fanáticos del teatro". Caras (in Spanish). 2014-08-26. Retrieved 2023-10-21.
  28. ↑ "¿Cómo viven el Mundial mientras sus compañeros están en Rusia?". EL PAIS. 2018-06-30. Retrieved 2023-10-21.
  29. ↑ "Gorzy asumió la presidencia del Comité Central Israelita". subrayado.com.uy (in Spanish). 2014-03-12. Retrieved 2023-10-21.
  30. ↑ "Así lo veo yo". Montevideo Portal. Retrieved 2023-10-21.
  31. ↑ "Con Sergio Gorzy, que termina su período como presidente del Comité Israelita". Montevideo Portal (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-10-21.
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