Paloma del Río

In 2015 she was awarded the Gold Medal of the Royal Order of Sports Merit, and that same year, she published her autobiographical book Enredando en la memoria (Tangled in Memory).

[2] In her free time, she continued with Curso de Orientación Universitaria (COU) studies, and majored in journalism at the Complutense University of Madrid without leaving work.

She finished her degree with the second best record, so in 1986, she was able to choose a scholarship from the Instituto RTVE [es] to do internships in television, in the sports section of the news.

The following month, in June 1987, she covered the Spanish Rhythmic Gymnastics Individual Championships for La 2 from Palma de Mallorca (replacing Maria Escario, who began to present newscasts).

[4][5] In September 2011 she and María Escario were awarded the Silver Medal of the Royal Order of Sports Merit by the Consejo Superior de Deportes (CSD).

[7] On 16 November of that year, she presented her book of sports and personal memories, Enredando en la memoria, at CSD headquarters, where she also received her Gold Medal.

Paloma del Río (center) with Las Niñas de Oro [ es ] and El Equipaso [ es ] at the presentation of the Royal Order of Sports Merit (2015)
Paloma on the roof of the RTVE studios in Torrespaña [ es ] during the documentary Hijas de Cynisca [ es ] (2019)