Felipe Bianchi
Chilean journalist (born 1965)
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Felipe Eugenio Bianchi Leiton (born 27 March 1965) is a Chilean journalist.
27 March 1965
- Pontifical Catholic University of Chile
(B.A. in Journalism)
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| Born | Felipe Eugenio Bianchi Leiton 27 March 1965 |
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| Occupation | Journalist |
| Years active | 2000–present |
| Known for | Work at
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| Children | Two |
In 2006, he received the National Sports Journalism Award.[1]
Biography
In his childhood, Bianchi attended the San Juan Evangelista School. He then began studying journalism at the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile (PUC).
During his university years, Bianchi was a classmate of the football leader, Harold Mayne-Nicholls, with whom he maintains a long friendship.[2]
He was married to journalist Consuelo Saavedra.[3] Then he met to businesswoman María Teresa Undurraga, with whom has three children.
Television career
In the 90s, Bianchi began working at Televisión Nacional de Chile (TVN). However, he rose to fame as a panelist on the Mega program Caiga Quien Caiga, during its first three seasons (2002–2004). In 2005 he moved to Chilevisión where he replaced Aldo Schiappacasse.
During his time at Chilevisión (2005–2016), he was in charge of the sports segments for the main edition of Chilevisión Noticias.
Similarly, from 2011 to 2014 –years of the FIFA World Cup qualification–, Bianchi was a color commentator on the Chile national football team's matches alongside play-by-play commentator, Paulo Flores.
From 2016 to 2020, Bianchi worked for Mega, where again was commentator of the Chilean football matches, now for the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification,[4] where his country failed to qualify.