Jordi Évole

Journalist

Birthday July 21, 1974

Birth Sign Cancer

Birthplace Spain

Age 49 years old

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About

Spanish journalist and television presenter known for directing Salvados on La Sexta from 2008 to 2019. He is a columnist at the Catalan newspaper La Vanguardia. He is popular on Twitter and has 3.5 million followers. 

Before Fame

He got his degree in Audiovisual Communication at the Autonomous University of Barcelona. He was a sports announcer for the Carrusel Cataluña on Radio Barcelona before getting his first TV contract working on the program Viladecans Televisió.

Trivia

He has won numerous awards, including five Iris Awards and four Ondes Awards. In 2013, he won the Nicolás Salmerón Human Rights Award. In 2014, he won the Llibertá Prize. 

Family Life

He was born in Cornellá de Llobregat in the province of Barcelona, Spain. His mother, Antonia Requena Hidalgo, is from Grenada, and his father, Gonzalo Évole Hurtado, is from Estremeñu.  

Associated With

He won the 2019 Ondes Award for his work interviewing President Nicolás Maduro and Pope Francis