{"id":4168,"date":"2026-03-23T08:04:26","date_gmt":"2026-03-23T07:04:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.regionsaris.sk\/?post_type=vyznamna-tvar&p=4168"},"modified":"2026-03-25T14:43:46","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T13:43:46","slug":"marcel-merciak","status":"publish","type":"vyznamna-tvar","link":"https:\/\/www.regionsaris.sk\/en\/vyznamna-tvar\/marcel-merciak\/","title":{"rendered":"Marcel Merciak"},"content":{"rendered":"

Marcel Mer\u010diak was born on 31 August 1975 in Pre\u0161ov. After graduating from the Gymnasium on Tarasa \u0160ev\u010denka Street (today's Gymnasium Jan Adam Rayman) in Pre\u0161ov, he started studying journalism at the Faculty of Arts of the Charles University in Bratislava in 1993. After graduating with a Master's degree, he became an employee of Slovak Television on 1 July 1997, where he commentates on sports broadcasts (mainly football or biathlon). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

From 1996 to 2024, he participated in all fifteen Olympic Games (8 Summer and 7 Winter). In his admirable professional statistics stand out the records of commentating matches at seven World Cups and seven European Championships in football, 12 times he commentated the Champions League final.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After the establishment of RTVS in January 2011, the management of Director General V\u00e1clav Mika entrusted him with the management of the RTVS Sports Department. He served in this position of the Sports Editor-in-Chief for 4 years and 11 months (from 1 February 2013 to the end of 2017). In 2021, he was given the position of Programme Head of the Sport circuit in the public media. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

He is a winner of the Zivot Weekly Award, winner of the Gab Zelenay Award from the Union of Slovak Journalists, 13-time winner of the OTO poll (3 times in the category of sports presenter, 8 times in the category of sports commentator and twice \u201eAbsolute OTO\u201c). In 2014, the management of the then RTVS entrusted him with the moderation of the knowledge competition-entertainment show \u201eWhat I Know\u201c. Since 2013, he has been a member of the Sports Commission of the prestigious Crystal Wing Awards. Marcel Merciak has grown into an integrated journalistic personality, a true professional.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In addition to his television work, the great journalist has also become a freelance contributor to the online daily Standard, where he enriches readers with his commentaries, insights and interviews with famous athletes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Source:<\/strong> https:\/\/www.stvr.sk\/historia\/osobnosti\/marcel-merciak
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