Gaspar Rosety Menéndez (29 July 1958 – 6 March 2016) was a Spanish journalist.

Biography

Rosety was born in

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. His father died in 1974. Rosety began his career at Radio Gijon in 1975, while also serving as the sports editor at ''El Noroeste''. In 1979, he moved on to Intercontinental Radio of Madrid, and in 1982, he signed on with

Antena 3 Radio Antena 3 Radio was a nationwide Spanish radio station opened on 1 February 1982 and closed on 19 June 1994. It served as the basis for the creation of Antena 3 Televisión. Foundation Antena 3 was created on 1 February 1982 by ''La Vanguardia ...

with José María Garcia, whom he accompanied in 1992 at the COPE radio network. In 1997, he left COPE to join the Radio Voz network, where he served as director of sports and assistant to the CEO. During this time, he also served as an investigative journalist at ''

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'', and wrote columns in ''

La Voz de Galicia ''La Voz de Galicia'' () is a Spanish daily newspaper owned by the Corporación Voz de Galicia. ''La Voz'' is the newspaper with the highest circulation in Galicia and the eighth-highest circulation of the general-interest daily newspaper in Spa ...

''. In 1998, he was designated by

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as the official announcer for the

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in Tokyo. He collaborated with ''

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'' and

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until he was appointed Media Director and, in 2007, assistant to the President of

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. He continued in this capacity until he joined the

Royal Spanish Football Federation The Royal Spanish Football Federation (; RFEF) is the governing body of football in Spain. Founded on 29 September 1913, it is based in La Ciudad del Fútbol of Las Rozas de Madrid, Las Rozas, a municipality near Madrid. RFEF organizes the natio ...

in 2009, first as Media Director and later as assistant to President

Ángel María Villar Ángel María Villar Llona (born 21 January 1950) is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. After having represented Athletic Bilbao for one decade (appearing in more than 350 official matches and scoring 11 goa ...

. Rosety graduated with a bachelor's degree in journalism from the

European University of Madrid The European University () is a private university in Spain with campuses in Madrid, Valencia, and the Canary Islands. The university ranked 1,001–1,200th in the 2024 Times Higher Education World University Rankings, joint 1,635th in the 202 ...

, an international master's degree in Sports Law and Management from the Instituto Superior de Derecho y Economía (ISDE - the Graduate School of Law and Economy), and a master's degree in Sports Law from

Institut Nacional d'Educació Física de Catalunya The Institut Nacional d'Educació Física de Catalunya (, INEFC) is an indoor venue located in Barcelona. Renovated in 1991 on a design by Ricardo Bofill Taller de Arquitectura, it hosted the Wrestling at the 1992 Summer Olympics, wrestling even ...

. In January 2014, Rosety was chosen as the president of the Madrid Association of Sports Law. In his last years, Rosety acted as an adviser to the president of the Royal Spanish Football Federation, and as a faculty member of the Faculty of Arts and Communication of the

. He also served as a columnist for '' La Razón'' and ''

''. Rosety died on 6 March 2016 at the age of 57 from a

stroke Stroke is a medical condition in which poor cerebral circulation, blood flow to a part of the brain causes cell death. There are two main types of stroke: brain ischemia, ischemic, due to lack of blood flow, and intracranial hemorrhage, hemor ...

that he had suffered days before.

References

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