Fritz von Thurn und Taxis (born ''Friedrich'' Leonhard Ignatius Josef Maria Lamoral Balthasar Thurn and Taxis on 22 June 1950 in Linz, Upper Austria, Allied-occupied Austria is an Austrian journalist and a member of the Czech branch of the House of Thurn and Taxis, Bohemian line of the Thurn und Taxis, House of Thurn and Taxis. He became well known as a longtime sportscaster on the Bayerisches Fernsehen television channel. Since 1993, Thurn und Taxis has been a Association football, football Sports commentator, commentator on the pay television channel Sky Deutschland.

Life and career

Thurn und Taxis was the third child and second son of Prince Johann von Nepomuk von Thurn und Taxis and his wife, Princess Maria Julia von Lobkowicz. His journalistic career began in 1971 with the Bayerischer Rundfunk, Bayerischen Rundfunk. There, Thurn und Taxis worked in both television and in radio programs as a sports reporter and commentator and reported on several Olympic Games, Association football, football, skiing, and Ice Hockey World Championships events. In honor of his years of reporting on the Ice Hockey World Championships, the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) awarded Thurn und Taxis with an IIHF gold medal. Later, he hosted the sports magazine show ''Blickpunkt Sport'' on Bayerischen Rundfunk and moderated the ''Sportschau'' on ARD (broadcaster), ARD. Beginning in August 1993, Thurn und Taxis began hosting live Fußball-Bundesliga matches on the Munich-based pay television channel Sky Deutschland.

Marriage

Thurn und Taxis married morganatically to Beata Béry, daughter of Laszlo Béry and his wife Countess Paula Apponyi family, Apponyi de Nagy-Appony, on 4 June 1977 in Munich, Bavaria, Germany.

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