Béla_Réthy

Béla Réthy

Béla Réthy

German sports reporter

The native form of this personal name is Réthy Béla. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.

Béla Andreas Réthy (born 14 December 1956) is a German sports reporter of Hungarian ancestry.

Réthy in 2018

Life

When Réthy was born in Vienna,[1][2] his parents had to leave their home country because of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution.[3] They emigrated to Brazil where they stayed until they went to Germany in 1968.[4] Réthy obtained his Abitur certificate at Gutenbergschule Wiesbaden [de][5] so he was able to attend Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz where he studied literature and journalism.[6] In the meantime he worked in the sports archive of the ZDF and became a freelancer later.[7] Since 1987, he has been a full-time broadcaster.[6]

His first live broadcast was during an international football match between the under-16 teams of Germany and Ireland in 1991.[8] He has commentated at the finals of:

In addition, he has also commentated the UEFA Champions League finals of 2013, 2014 and 2015.[9]

Réthy speaks German, Hungarian, Portuguese and English fluently, as well as French and Spanish.[4]

Books

  • Réthy, Béla; Psotta, Kai (2014). Live die Länderspiele meines Lebens (in German). Köln. ISBN 978-3-7857-2496-5. OCLC 864650341.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

References

  1. [1]
    "Stimme des Fußballs: Letztes Spiel für Béla Réthy". Süddeutsche.de (in German). 12 December 2022. Retrieved 14 December 2022.
  2. [2]
    "Béla Réthy über seine letzte WM: "Man muss als Reporter diesmal ein bisschen mehr aufpassen"". Der Tagesspiegel (in German). 19 November 2022. Retrieved 14 December 2022.
  3. [3]
    "Ciao, Béla!". kicker (in German). 14 December 2022. Retrieved 14 December 2022.
  4. [4]
    "Bela Rethy". www.berner-block.de (in German). Archived from the original on 18 June 2010. Retrieved 13 February 2010.
  5. [5]
    "In fünf Jahren soll Schluss sein". fnp.de (in German). 4 November 2017. Retrieved 14 December 2022.
  6. [6]
    "Biografie". ZDF Presseportal (in German). Retrieved 14 December 2022.
  7. [7]
    Strasser, Patrick (14 December 2022). "Sportkommentator Béla Réthy verabschiedet sich: "Freue mich sehr darauf, als Fan ins Stadion zu gehen"". RND.de (in German). Retrieved 14 December 2022.
  8. [8]
    "Béla und Belo: Réthys fünf Highlights bei der WM". Abendzeitung München (in German). 14 December 2022. Retrieved 15 December 2022.
  9. [9]
    "Sajnálja Dárdai távozását a Bundesliga "magyar hangja"". 14 August 2015.

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