and Almudena Cid on rhythmic gymnastics. From 2005 to 2008, she was editor of the program Olímpicos. ADO 2008, and later was the editor of broadcasts of the Beijing Olympics. 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). On 31 August 2015, she was awarded the Gold Medal of the Royal Order of Sports Merit, becoming the first journalist to receive it. 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. In June 2017, she was the ambassador of the Pride Games. Since 17 September 2017, she has contributed a sports segment to the program on Radio Nacional de España. She has been a speaker at many conferences, round tables, and presentations on topics such as Women and Sport, Minority Sports, and Olympism. In July 2018, her candidacy for the presidency of RTVE was announced, although in December, she did not pass the final cut and was left out of the list of the 20 candidates to preside over the public entity. Subsequently, she and other excluded candidates filed an appeal against this decision, still pending resolution by lawyers of the Congress. Personal life Paloma del Río is openly lesbian. In June 2015, she appeared on the list of the 50 most influential homosexuals in Spain, prepared by El Mundos La Otra Crónica. During WorldPride Madrid 2017 she explained in an interview that "I never thought that I should be ashamed to be a lesbian" and indicated that Martina Navratilova had been a role model for her. Selected list of competitions covered Awards and recognitions 2nd Prize of the Arturo Barea Young Adult Novel Award for Nunca tendrás los ojos de la serpiente, granted by the Community of Madrid (1982) Ondas Award, shared with the rest of the TVE operation for coverage of the Seoul Summer Olympics (1988) Silver Medal of the Royal Order of Sports Merit, awarded by the Consejo Superior de Deportes (2011) Talent Award from the (2011) Recognition of the (AIPS) along with other journalists who have covered more than 10 Olympic Games (2012) Madrid Women's Career Award (2014) Press, Radio, and Television Award, granted by the city council of Cornellà de Llobregat (2014) Gold Medal of the Royal