| Paulina García Robles | |
| Birth Name: | Paulina García Robles |
| Birth Date: | 1993 2, df=yes[1] |
| Birth Place: | Mexico City, Mexico |
| Nationality: | Mexican |
| Occupation: | Television presenter Sportscaster Model |
| Education: | Tecnológico de Monterrey, Campus Santa Fe |
| Yearsactive: | 2013–present |
Paulina García Robles (born 26 February 1993) is a Mexican television presenter, sportscaster, and model currently working for ESPN Deportes and ESPN Mexico. García currently anchors the Spanish-language version of SportsCenter.[1]
García won Nuestra Belleza Distrito Federal in 2013 and went on to compete in that year's Nuestra Belleza México where she ranked in the top 10.[2]
García attended the Tecnológico de Monterrey, Campus Santa Fe where she studied communication and digital media and was a member of the volleyball team.[3] [4]
García won first place in English at a national Knowledge Bowl, which earned her an academic scholarship to the Tecnológico de Monterrey, campus Ciudad de Mexico.[1] While at the university, García was nominated for the Borrego de Oro in the Sports category.[1]
García started out her broadcasting career appearing in YouTube clips for Universidad Insurgentes and Across Life, and the pilot of Ni Pio of Televisa Deportes.[1] In February 2015, shortly before her 22nd birthday, García joined the cast of FOROtv morning show Matutino Express.[5]
After few months on Matutino Express she left the show and joined ESPN Mexico in June 2015.[1] She made her debut on the network appearing on morning talk show Toque Inicial on 3 August 2015.[6] [7]
García began her career at ESPN hosting various programs, most notably Toque Inicial where she co-hosted the show with Juan Pablo Fernández.[1] She also did various segments called SportsCenter Ahora, a two minute review of the most important news of the day.[8] The segments aired between daytime shows on ESPN Mexico and ESPN Deportes, during Raza Deportiva and Jorge Ramos y su Banda on ESPN Deportes as well as online.[1] García was also the social media correspondent of the afternoon edition of Fútbol Picante from February 2016 to August 2017.[8]
In February 2016, García started hosting the show YoRio, a show dedicated to the 2016 Summer Olympics, along with José Ramón Fernández, Alejandro de la Rosa and Tlatoani Carrera.[9] Later that year, García covered her first major sporting event when she was sent by ESPN to cover the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.[10]
In August 2017, García left both Toque Inicial (after it was re-branded as Toque) and the afternoon edition of Fútbol Picante to become the presenter of ESPN AM, a new program hosted by Ciro Procuna and Francisco Gabriel de Anda.[11] In September 2017, García also became a permanent anchor of the Spanish-language version of SportsCenter, she had previously been only used as an occasional fill-in.
In July 2018, ESPN sent García to cover the 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games in Barranquilla, Colombia.[12]
In July 2019, García also covered the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru for ESPN.[13]
García loves volleyball, physical training, nutrition and fashion. She remains active in her community by offering online tutoring.[1]