Ana Flores Jurka (born 16 January 1985) is a Honduran journalist. She is currently the host of the sports program Titulares Telemundo that airs on

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Personal life

Jurka was born and raised in

Tegucigalpa Tegucigalpa ( )—formally Tegucigalpa, Municipality of the Central District ( or ''Tegucigalpa, M.D.C.''), and colloquially referred to as ''Tegus'' or ''Teguz''—is the capital and largest city of Honduras along with its sister city, Comaya ...

, the capital of

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. She considers herself a fan of C.D. Olimpia in that city. In March 2011, she married US national Joshua Jurka. She is the aunt of footballer Rembrandt Flores.

History

In 2004, Jurka began her professional career as a co-host on Sobre Ruedas, a program dedicated to the automotive world, on Canal 11 and Rock & Pop 92.3 FM. Then in 2007, she caught the attention of Canal 54 executives, who decided to hire her to be part of an opinion program on issues of politics, national and world events, general culture among others, from the youth point of view as one of the 4 presenters of Zona Joven. In 2008, always on Channel 54, Jurka also joined a new program to support national talent, as host of ''En La Mira'', which had great acceptance and due to its popularity, the program changed its name and station to be seen nationally on Maya TV Channel 66 as ''Hecho en Casa''. Due to her charisma, popularity and natural talent, the producers of the #1 youth program, Radicales on Canal 6, took Ana as a presenter in 2010, which would be her last work in entertainment at the Honduran level. In 2012, Jurka decided to move to

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with her husband. Months later, she was hired by Telemundo Orlando as a news reporter. But as a Honduran, she would return to the world of entertainment, when given the opportunity to be a sports presenter. She is currently the presenter of Fútbol Estelar.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Jurka, Ana 1985 births Living people People from Tegucigalpa Honduran expatriates in the United States Honduran women journalists Women sports journalists