Béla Réthy
Béla Andreas Réthy is a German sports reporter of Hungarian ancestry.
Life
When Réthy was born in Vienna, his parents had to leave their home country because of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution. They emigrated to Brazil where they stayed until they went to Germany in 1968. Réthy obtained his Abitur certificate at so he was able to attend Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz where he studied literature and journalism. In the meantime he worked in the sports archive of the ZDF and became a freelancer later. Since 1987, he has been a full-time broadcaster.His first live broadcast was during an international football match between the under-16 teams of Germany and Ireland in 1991. He has commentated at the finals of:
- the Euro 1996 in England
- the 2002 FIFA World Cup in Japan and South Korea
- the Euro 2004 in Portugal
- the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa
- the Euro 2012 in Poland and Ukraine
- the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia
Réthy speaks German, Hungarian, Portuguese and English fluently, as well as French and Spanish.