Maria Leitner

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Age: 65, born 29 October 1960

Country of origin: Italy

Currently Residing In: Italy

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Description: Maria Leitner , pseudonym of Maria Lechleitner ( Udine , 29 October 1960 ), is an Italian television journalist . His real surname ( Lechleitner ) derives from his father's Austrian origins. Biography As part of an interview made a few years ago, she explains how she approached the world of engines, or starting to drive a Fiat 500 in the garden of the house of Pordenone from the age of 13, since her father did not want to buy them the scooter. She is registered as professional journalist since 16 September 1993 . He began his career in 1983 , participating as a valley to the television program of Raiuno " Test - Maria Leitner , pseudonym of Maria Lechleitner ( Udine , 29 October 1960 ), is an Italian television journalist . His real surname ( Lechleitner ) derives from his father's Austrian origins.
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As part of an interview made a few years ago, she explains how she approached the world of engines, or starting to drive a Fiat 500 in the garden of the house of Pordenone from the age of 13, since her father did not want to buy them the scooter.

She is registered as professional journalist since 16 September 1993 .

He began his career in 1983 , participating as a valley to the television program of Raiuno " Test - Game to know each other ", conducted by Emilio Fede .

In 1990 he began to conduct a column on motoring on Telemontecarlo (the first female journalist in Italy to be the conductor of programs on Formula One ), where he deals with the direct from the pits. He then commented for MTV on the direct reports of the German Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft together with the pilot Emanuele Pirro .

Later, in 1997 , he moved to state television, first to Rai Sport and subsequently to Tg2 where he became the presenter from the weekly column of the Rai 2 news program TG2 Motori .

In July 2011 Leitner was a New York correspondent for Tg2, replacing Gerardo Greco , also dealing with politics and economics. From 2012 he also leads the edition of the night of Tg2 , alternating with other colleagues.

He also participated in four editions of the Mille Miglia . He participated and won the Monza rally alongside Marco Brand on Lancia 037. He collaborated as a columnist with several newspapers, the Republic , the Independent , the Christian Family , Gente Motori and TuttoTrasporti . Among the publications, there is the book The art of driving written with colleague Roberto Gurian and the two-time world champion rally Miki Biasion published by Sperling & Kupfer . In 2012 he participated in the writing of the book Race and Grace with Ezio Zermiani and the professor Aldo Ferrara . ... (more)

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