Carolina Desireé José Padrón Ríos (born March 20, 1983) is a Venezuelan-Mexican sportscaster, journalist and television host currently working for ESPN Deportes and ESPN Mexico.[6] Padrón is the co-anchor of ESPN's Spanish version of SportsCenter and also has covered sporting events such as the FIFA World Cup and the Summer Olympics.[7]
Carolina Padrón | |
|---|---|
| Born | March 20, 1983[3][4][1][5] |
| Education | Universidad Santa María Universidad CEU San Pablo |
| Occupation(s) | Sportscaster Journalist Television host |
| Years active | 2006–present[2] |
Career
editPadrón has a degree in Social Communication from the Universidad Santa Maria and earned a Masters in Journalism from CEU San Pablo University in Spain through a grant from the Fundacion Carolina. Padrón started her career in 2006 as an intern for Radio Marca of Madrid, Spain which was also made possible by the grant from the Fundacion Carolina.[6]
Padrón then moved back to her native Venezuela where she worked for Meridiano Televisión covering various events such as the 2010 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup, the 2010 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup and also covered the 2007 Copa América for Univision network Telefutura. (now known as UniMás)
In December 2010, Padrón moved to Mexico City to work for ESPN as a co-anchor for the network’s flagship program, SportsCenter. She replaced fellow Venezuelan Adriana Monsalve who moved to Los Angeles to host Nación ESPN.[6]
Padrón has covered various sporting events for ESPN such as the Caribbean Series, the World Baseball Classic, the Mexican Tennis Open, various important European football matches, the 2016 Summer Olympics and two FIFA World Cups (2014 and 2018).[7][8][9]
On December 7, 2015, Padrón along with her colleague Jorge Eduardo Sánchez anchored the first SportsCenter from ESPN's new four-studio production facility in Mexico City.[10]
Since August 2017, Padrón has hosted her own edition of SportsCenter called SC5.[11]
Personal life
editPadrón was born in Maracaibo but was raised in Puerto la Cruz.
Padrón currently resides in Mexico City and also lived in Madrid when she worked for Radio Marca.[6]
In 2013, Padrón along with her fellow SportsCenter anchors Álvaro Morales and Jorge Eduardo Sánchez appeared in a This is SportsCenter commercial with Rafael Nadal which aired both in English and Spanish.[12]
Padrón has her own blog called La Chica del Banquillo.[6]
Padrón became a Mexican citizen on February 10, 2024.[13]
References
edit- ^ a b "Padron Rios Carolina Desiree - Edo. Anzoategui - Venezuela | Dateas.com". www.dateas.com.
- ^ a b "EXCLUSIVA: Entrevista a @CarolinaPadron de ESPN - PD Blog". Archived from the original on 2015-04-02. Retrieved 2015-02-28.
- ^ Por Por Jeniffer Gómez (29 January 2014). "Carolina Padrón, campeona del periodismo deportivo". Prensalibre.com. Retrieved 2018-08-12.
- ^ Carolina Padrón. "Carolina Padrón on Twitter: "33! Gracias por sus mensajitos de cumple! Les mando besos". Twitter.com. Retrieved 2018-08-12.
- ^ Carolina Padrón (2015-08-10). "Carolina PadrĂłn on Twitter: "Como siempre, destacando como la beca de @Red_Carolina cambiĂł mi vida @JesusAndreu_FC. Esto saliĂł en @GQMexico Latam". Twitter.com. Retrieved 2018-08-12.
- ^ a b c d e f "Carolina Padrón - ESPN MediaZone U.S". Espnmediazone.com. Retrieved 2018-08-12.
- ^ a b Garcia, Veronica (2014-06-05). "Planes de cobertura de ESPN México para la Copa Mundial de la FIFA Brasil 2014 - ESPN MediaZone Latin America North". Espnmediazone.com. Retrieved 2018-08-12.
- ^ Dwornik, Ardi (2017-03-03). "ESPN Deportes to Air Exclusive Spanish-language Coverage of 2017 World Baseball Classic - ESPN MediaZone U.S". Espnmediazone.com. Archived from the original on 2018-08-12. Retrieved 2018-08-12.
- ^ Canseco, Daniella (2018-06-11). "El mejor análisis y opinión de Rusia 2018 por ESPN - ESPN MediaZone Latin America North". Espnmediazone.com. Retrieved 2018-08-12.
- ^ @GabyESPN (2015-12-07). "New State-of-the-Art Home for ESPN Deportes' SportsCenter // SportsCenter de ESPN Deportes debuta en su nuevo estudio - ESPN MediaZone U.S". Espnmediazone.com. Retrieved 2018-08-12.
- ^ Brito, Santa (2017-08-04). "ESPN lanza nuevos programas de estudio - ESPN MediaZone Latin America North". Espnmediazone.com. Retrieved 2018-08-12.
- ^ Ana Livia Coelho (2013-09-17). "Rafael Nadal's 'sweet serves' natural fit for new 'This Is SportsCenter' spots in Spanish, English". ESPN Front Row. Retrieved 2018-08-12.
- ^ https://twitter.com/CarolinaPadron/status/1756013214309990627.
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