Harry Valérien (4 November 1923 – 12 October 2012) was a German sports journalist.

Life

Valérien was born in Munich on 4 November 1923. decided to become a

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under the impression of the 1936 Olympic Games in

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. He started working as a

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and

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in 1949. Valérien was the first sport presenter for the television show '' das aktuelle sportstudio'' on German broadcaster

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from 1963 to 1988. As part of the ''das aktuelle sportstudio'' program, he advocated for honesty in sports and was a champion of the anti-doping movement. Valérien retired in 1988 after 283 episodes of ''das aktuelle sportstudio''. For forty years he covered the

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in Germany. His sport topics were

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, and winter sports. Valérien was married and had two daughters.zeit.de:''Abschied von Mister Sportstudio'' (German language)
/ref> Valérien died in Berg on 12 October 2012 at the age of 88.

Works

* (together with Christian Zentner): ''Olympia ’68'': Südwest Verlag, Munich (1968) * (together with Christian Zentner): ''Fußball ’70'': Südwest Verlag, Munich (1970) * ''Olympia München 1972. München, Kiel, Sapporo'': Südwest Verlag, Munich (1982) * ''Fußball 74 – Weltmeisterschaft'': Südwest Verlag, Munich (1974) * (together with Christian Zentner): ''Olympia 1976. Montreal, Innsbruck'': Südwest Verlag, Munich (1985) * ''Fußball 78 – Weltmeisterschaft Argentinien'': Südwest Verlag, Munich (1978) * ''Fußball ’80 – Europameisterschaft, Europapokale, Bundesliga'': Südwest Verlag, Munich (1980) * ''Olympia ’80. Moskau und Lake Placid'': Südwest Verlag, Munich (1982) * (together with Christian Zentner): ''Fußball ’82. XII. Weltmeisterschaft vom 13. Juni bis 11. Juli 1982 in Spanien'': Südwest Verlag, Munich (1984) * (together with Christian Zentner): ''Fußball ’84. V. Europameisterschaft vom 12. bis 27. Juni 1984 in Frankreich. Bundesliga-Pokale'': Südwest Verlag, Munich (1986) * (together with Christian Zentner): ''Olympia ’84. Los Angeles, Sarajevo'': Südwest Verlag, Munich (1986) * ''Harry Valériens Sport-Reporte. Bilder, Ereignisse, Dokumente'': Südwest Verlag, Munich (1985) * ''Fußball ’86. Weltmeisterschaft in Mexiko'', (1986) * (together with Christian Zentner): ''Fußball-EM ’88 Deutschland. VIII. Fußball-Europameisterschaft von 10. bis 25. Juni 1988'': Südwest Verlag, Munich (1988) * (together with Christian Zentner): ''Olympia 1988. Seoul, Calgary'': Südwest Verlag, Munich (1988) * ''Golf, Faszination eines Weltsports'': Südwest Verlag, Munich (1989) * (together with Christian Zentner): ''Fußball-WM '90 Italien'': Südwest Verlag, Munich (1990) * ''Olympia '92. Die Winterspiele Albertville'': Südwest Verlag, Munich (1992) * ''Lillehammer '94. Das Olympiabuch'': Sportverlag, Berlin (1994) * ''USA '94'': Sportverlag, Berlin (1994) * ''Atlanta. Das Olympiabuch 1996'': Sportverlag, Berlin (1996)

Awards

* 1965, 1976 and 1988:

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* 1972, 1979 and 1990: Goldener Bambi * 1981: Goldener Gong * 1988:

Telestar The Telestar was a former German television award, created by Das Erste and ZDF. It was succeeded in 1999 by the Deutscher Fernsehpreis The Deutscher Fernsehpreis (''German Television Award'') is an annual German award for television programming ...

* 2004: Bayerischer Fernsehpreis

External links

spiegel.de:''Harry Valérien an Herzversagen gestorben''
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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Valerien, Harry German sports journalists German sports broadcasters German male journalists German television presenters German television journalists 20th-century German journalists Journalists from Munich 1923 births 2012 deaths ZDF people