MADRID, 27 Dic. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) was “deeply saddened” on Tuesday by the death a few days ago of the Spanish Manolo Romero, founder in 2001 of Olympic Broadcasting Services (OBS), in charge of producing live television, radio and digital coverage. of the Olympic and Paralympic Games.
“Mr. Romero led this production company until 2012. He revolutionized the way major sporting events are produced for the world and created the model on which all future broadcast host organizations would be built,” the IOC added in a statement.
The organization’s president, Thomas Bach, stressed that the Andalusian “has left an indelible mark on the broadcasting of the Olympic Games” and that as founder of OBS “he was a legend and pioneer in the sports broadcasting industry and respected throughout the world for his vision, technology expertise and overall passion for the Olympic Movement.
“His legacy in broadcast coverage of the Games will live on not only in the cutting-edge techniques and broadcast innovations he introduced, but also through the thousands of broadcast professionals he mentored and influenced over his 50-plus years. in the industry”, added the German.
Manolo Romero began his career in Spanish Television in 1965 and his first Olympic Games were those three years later in Mexico, being in Los Angeles’84 where he completely supervised the broadcasting operation of the host country, which he would repeat from Barcelona’92 to London 2012.
“Always at the forefront of technology, Manuel Romero was recognized for his high standards and his constant drive to achieve more at each Games. He felt that his coverage should push the boundaries and set the standard for coverage of all other sports,” stressed the IOC, which praised the “vision of the future” of the Sevillian, who had been included a few weeks ago in the Sports Broadcasting Hall of Fame.