Noemí de Miguel

Noemí de Miguel
Born (1980-02-14) 14 February 1980 (age 44)
Autol, La Rioja, Spain
NationalitySpanish
Alma materUniversity of Bilbao
Occupations
  • Sports journalist
  • Television presenter
Employers

Noemí de Miguel (born 14 February 1980) is a Spanish sports journalist and television presenter for Movistar+. She has covered major association football leagues and matches for Radio Nacional de España (RNE) and Canal+ before moving to Movistar+ to present its coverage of Formula One motor racing from 2016. De Miguel has also covered tennis on television, and has contributed to sports newspaper Diario AS.

Biography

De Miguel was born on 14 February 1980,[1] in Autol,[2] a town in the province of La Rioja.[3] She was raised at her grandparents house in Autol because her mother and father worked continuously,[2] and watched a wide variety of sports on television with her grandparents during her childhood.[3][4][5] De Miguel was asked whether she wanted to pursue a career as a medicine doctor to which she replied she wanted to become a sports journalist.[5][6] This was after her father encouraged her to study instead to trying to aim for a career in professional basketball.[7] She left Autol and moved to Bilbao to do a master's degree in journalism at the University of Bilbao,[4][7] which she completed in 2002,[8] and went on to complete a three-year internship at Radio Arnedo.[2] De Miguel travelled to Madrid and passed the selection to become a sports reporter for Radio Nacional de España (RNE).[2][3] This marked the beginning of her professional career and she started working for the broadcaster in 2002.[8][9] Over the next three years, De Miguel contributed to the sports programmes Tablero deportivo [es] and Radiogaceta de los deportes [es].[3][7]

Her contract with RNE expired in late 2005 and she received a telephone call from television channel Canal+ who were seeking a female sports reporter. De Miguel accepted the job because she did not want to return to Autol to ask her parents for money and also worked for a Madrid-based newspaper.[2] She began working for Canal+ in November 2005,[9] covering association football. De Miguel was present at the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany,[2] and covered various football tournaments such as the UEFA Champions League and La Liga, the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa and UEFA Euro 2012.[2][3][4] She also presented a daily tennis programme focused on the 2009 Wimbledon Championships,[6] Canal+'s flagship late night sports programme El Día del Fútbol analysing La Liga matches alongside various football players from 2009 to 2015,[8][10] and the programme El día después.[3]

In late 2015, De Miguel considered changing jobs because she felt she was not progressing personally and professionally and wanted to be challenged.[4] Broadcaster Movistar+ began seeking for a new presenter for its coverage of Formula One motor racing following its take over of the rights from Antena 3.[8][11] She was confirmed as taking on the role as presenter in February 2016,[9] replacing Antena 3's Lucía Villalón [es].[8] De Miguel received some suspicion and criticism in online forums prior to the start of the 2016 season because of her background as an association football broadcaster.[4] She found it not difficult to learn about Formula One jargon,[12] and her first event was the 2016 Australian Grand Prix.[8][9] In 2020, when Formula One was suspended by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile and the series' promoter Liberty Media due to the COVID-19 pandemic, she began a Movistar+ programme called Parque cerrado to remain in contact with individuals in the championship.[13]

In her career, De Miguel has contributed to sports newspaper Diario AS,[9] and in January 2020, she was made an ambassador of the University Soccer project to help male and female Spanish football players obtain scholarships to allow them to play in American university leagues and study at them.[7][14] When DAZN became Spain's official Formula One broadcaster from 2021, she joined the platform on its dedicated Formula One channel.[15] She replaced Iñaki Urrutia [es] as the main presenter of El día después in September 2022,[16] and combined this with her Formula One broadcasting commitments.[17] In 2024, De Miguel published her first book, Jugonas, that compiles information on 35 women in football and international football refereeing.[18]

Personal life

She is against gender abuse and prefers to keep her private life out of the press.[4] De Miguel spoke about equality and representation of women in the Spanish media to radio broadcaster Cadena SER for International Women's Day 2015.[19] She says she prepares for each race by reading motorsport books and magazines as well as working with former drivers and mechanics to learn about their roles in the sport.[4] To combat the stress of working in Formula One, she took up running to allow her to catch up with the sport and to allow her to adapt to different time zones.[20][21]

References

  1. ^ "Noemí de Miguel" (in Spanish). Formula TV. Archived from the original on 14 September 2020. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g Glera, M. (3 July 2010). "Vivir el día a día de un Mundial es increíble" [Living the day to day of a World Cup is incredible]. La Rioja (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 19 September 2012. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
  3. ^ a b c d e f Arjona, Alex (7 July 2011). "Entrevista a Noemí de Miguel: "A veces tengo la sensación de vivir en una especie de oasis dentro del periodismo deportivo actual"" [Interview with Noemí de Miguel: "Sometimes I have the feeling of living in a kind of oasis within today's sports journalism"]. Vavel (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 14 September 2020. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g "Noemí de Miguel; "Dejemos atrás barreras y miedos, las mujeres podemos ser lo que queramos y donde queramos, también en Fórmula 1"" [Noemí de Miguel; "Let's leave behind barriers and fears, women can be what we want and where we want, also in Formula 1"]. The Citizen (in Spanish). 30 January 2019. Archived from the original on 14 September 2020. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
  5. ^ a b "Noemí de Miguel; This Will Be Their Third Gala". Diario AS (in Spanish): 49. 19 December 2016. Archived from the original on 14 September 2020. Retrieved 13 September 2020 – via PressReader.
  6. ^ a b Cazón, Patricia (19 June 2009). "Noemí de Miguel: "Vamos a ir más allá del tenis"" [Noemí de Miguel: "We are going to go beyond tennis"]. Diario AS (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 14 September 2020. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
  7. ^ a b c d Díaz-Guerra, Iñako (9 December 2024). "Noemí de Miguel: "No había dicho una palabra en la Fórmula 1 y ya me ponían a parir. Luego me pidieron perdón"" [Noemí de Miguel: "I hadn't said a word in Formula 1 and they were already criticizing me. Then they apologized"]. El Mundo (in Spanish). Retrieved 10 December 2024.
  8. ^ a b c d e f Torrado, Belén (16 February 2016). "Noemí de Miguel, nueva imagen de la Fórmula 1 en Movistar+" [Noemí de Miguel, new image of Formula 1 in Movistar +] (in Spanish). Planeta Deporte. Archived from the original on 14 September 2020. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
  9. ^ a b c d e "Noemí de Miguel, la nueva cara de la Fórmula 1 en Movistar+" [Noemí de Miguel, the new face of Formula 1 in Movistar+]. Diario AS (in Spanish). 21 January 2016. Archived from the original on 14 September 2020. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
  10. ^ Flórez, Iván (15 February 2016). "Noemí de Miguel, del fútbol a la Fórmula 1" [Noemí de Miguel, from football to Formula 1] (in Spanish). Pitlane Motor. Archived from the original on 14 September 2020. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
  11. ^ "Noemí de Miguel se postula como el gran 'fichaje' de la Fórmula-1 en Movistar+" [Noemí de Miguel is postulated as the great 'signing' of Formula-1 in Movistar+]. Ecoteuve (in Spanish). 24 January 2016. Archived from the original on 22 May 2020. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
  12. ^ Ignacio Eguiara, Juan (24 March 2017). "Puedes hablar con cada día. No son inaccesibles" [You can talk to every day. They are not accessible]. Automovil (in Spanish): 86–91. Archived from the original on 14 September 2020. Retrieved 13 September 2020 – via PressReader.
  13. ^ Vicente, David (28 June 2020). "Noemi de Miguel: "Fernando Alonso tiene en su mano fichar por Renault y volver a la F1"" [Noemi de Miguel: "Fernando Alonso has in his hand to sign for Renault and return to F1"]. El Español (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 4 August 2020. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
  14. ^ "La periodista Noemí de Miguel se incorpora como socia a la agencia University Soccer" [The journalist Noemí de Miguel joins the University Soccer agency as a partner]. La Publicidad (in Spanish). 28 January 2020. Archived from the original on 14 September 2020. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
  15. ^ Vázquez, Ana (1 March 2021). "El nuevo canal DAZN F1 arranca hoy sus emisiones" [The new DAZN F1 channel starts broadcasting today]. SoyMotor (in Spanish). Retrieved 10 December 2024.
  16. ^ "'El día después' elige a Noemí de Miguel como presentadora de su nueva temporada, que ya tiene fecha de estreno" ['The Day After' chooses Noemí de Miguel as the presenter of its new season, which already has a premiere date]. elDiario.es (in Spanish). 2 September 2022.
  17. ^ Mor, Ángel (6 September 2022). "Así es Noemí De Miguel, la nueva presentadora de 'El día después'" [This is Noemí De Miguel, the new presenter of 'The Day After']. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 10 December 2022.
  18. ^ "Noemí de Miguel rinde homenaje a las estrellas del fútbol femenino" [Noemí de Miguel pays tribute to the stars of women's football]. NueveCuatroUno (in Spanish). 5 October 2024. Retrieved 10 December 2024.
  19. ^ Round, David (3 July 2015). "Noemí de Miguel: "La ambición tiene que dejar de ser una palabra negativa"" [Noemí de Miguel: "Ambition has to stop being a negative word"] (in Spanish). Cadena SER. Archived from the original on 6 January 2016. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
  20. ^ "Noemí de Miguel; Acepta El Reto Sportlife by Herbalife" [Noemí de Miguel; Accepts The Sportlife by Herbalife Challenge]. Sport Life (in Spanish): 14. 29 May 2019. Archived from the original on 14 September 2020. Retrieved 13 September 2020 – via PressReader.
  21. ^ Barceló, Carme (11 July 2020). "Noemí de Miguel: "Correr es mi refugio"" [Noemí de Miguel: "Running is my refuge"]. Sport. Archived from the original on 14 September 2020. Retrieved 13 September 2020.