David Moshé Faitelson Pulido (born November 8, 1968) is a Mexican

sports journalist Sport is a physical activity or game, often competitive and organized, that maintains or improves physical ability and skills. Sport may provide enjoyment to participants and entertainment to spectators. The number of participants in a par ...

who currently works for

TUDN TUDN (pronounced tu-de-ene; formerly called Univision Deportes Network) is a Mexican Spanish language sports channel. Owned by TelevisaUnivision, it is an extension of the company's sports division of the same name, with TUDN the acronym of Tel ...

. He lives in

Mexico City Mexico City is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Mexico, largest city of Mexico, as well as the List of North American cities by population, most populous city in North America. It is one of the most important cultural and finan ...

and is married and has three daughters.(18 February 2009)
Biografía - David Faitelson
''TUDN'', Retrieved NOV 18, 2023

TV debut

Faitelson and

José Ramón Fernández José Ramón Fernández Álvarez (November 4, 1923 – January 6, 2019) was a Cuban Communist leader who was a vice-president of the Council of Ministers. Pre-Revolution life Fernández Alvarez was born in Santiago de Cuba, where he studied h ...

jointly formed a sport show in Mexico, called DeporTV. In between his stay at

TV Azteca Televisión Azteca, S.A.B. de C.V., commonly known as TV Azteca, is a Mexican multimedia conglomerate owned by Grupo Salinas. It is the second-largest mass media company in Mexico after Televisa. It primarily competes with Televisa as well as so ...

, Faitelson covered the

World Cup 1986 The 1986 FIFA World Cup was the 13th FIFA World Cup, a quadrennial Association football, football tournament for men's senior national teams. It was played in Mexico from 31 May to 29 June 1986. The tournament was the second to feature a 24-tea ...

in Mexico, the

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the World Cup 1994 in the United States, the

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in France, the World Cup 2002 in

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and Japan, and the World Cup 2006 held in Germany. Faitelson also covered each of the Summer

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from 1988 to 2012.

Recent years

After the

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, Faitelson was one of several journalists who moved to sports specific channels. Along with other DeporTV analysts, he joined

ESPN Deportes ESPN Deportes (, ) is an American multinational Spanish-language pay television sports channel owned by ESPN Inc., a joint venture between The Walt Disney Company (which owns a controlling 80% stake) and Hearst Communications (which owns the ...

. As of 2011 he covered Mexican football, baseball, boxing the Olympics, and other sports. He was involved in shows such as ''

Fútbol Picante ''Futbol Picante'' (translation: ''Spicy Football'' or ''Spicy Soccer'') is a Mexican sports television show in Spanish which covers mostly Mexican football. The show is mostly hosted by David Faitelson and José Ramón Fernández (journalist), ...

'', ''

SportsCenter ''SportsCenter'' (SC) is an American television sports news broadcasting show broadcast by ESPN. Originally anchored by Chris Berman, George Grande, Greg Gumbel, Lee Leonard, Bob Ley, Sal Marchiano and Lou Palmer, it premiered on Septem ...

'', ''Cronómetro'', and '' Nación ESPN''.

"El Color"

Faitelson is known for his dramatic, inspirational reports on the colorful side of the sport. "El Color" is his trademark and is the best-received of Faitelson's journalism work. He authored several articles. His work includes interviews with athletes such as

Lance Armstrong Lance Edward Armstrong (''né'' Gunderson; born September 18, 1971) is an American former professional road bicycle racing, road racing cyclist. He achieved international fame for winning the Tour de France a record seven consecutive times fro ...

Carl Lewis Frederick Carlton Lewis (born July 1, 1961) is an American former track and field athlete who won nine Olympic gold medals, one Olympic silver medal, and 10 World Championships medals, including eight gold. Lewis was a dominant sprinter and lo ...

Julio César Chávez Julio César Chávez González (; born July 12, 1962), also known as Julio César Chávez Sr., is a Mexican former professional boxer who competed from 1980 to 2005. A multiple-time world champion in three weight divisions, Chávez was liste ...

Pelé Edson Arantes do Nascimento (; 23 October 1940 – 29 December 2022), better known by his nickname Pelé (), was a Brazilian professional Association football, footballer who played as a Forward (association football), forward. Widely reg ...

, Diego Armando Maradona, and

Nadia Comăneci Nadia Elena Comăneci Conner (; born November 12, 1961) is a Romanian retired gymnast. She is a five-time Olympic gold medalist, all in individual events. In 1976, at the age of 14, Comăneci was the first gymnast to be awarded a perfect score ...

. He wrote a

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called ''20 Años de Pasión y Polémica''.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Faitelson, David 1971 births Living people People from Ashkelon Israeli people of Mexican-Jewish descent Israeli people of Cuban descent Mexican emigrants to the United States Mexican television journalists Mexican sports journalists Mexican male journalists Mexican people of Ukrainian-Jewish descent Mexican people of Cuban descent