In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Jiménez and the second or maternal family name is Dionisio.

Melissa Jiménez
Jiménez at the 2024 Dutch Grand Prix
Born
Melissa María Jiménez Dionisio

(1987-06-26) 26 June 1987 (age 38)[1]
Liège, Belgium
Citizenship Spanish
Occupation Journalist
Employer Telecinco DAZN
Spouse Marc Bartra (m. 2017; div. 2022)
Partner Fernando Alonso
Children 4

Melissa María Jiménez Dionisio (born in Liège, Belgium on 26 June 1987) is a Spanish sports journalist working for DAZN.

Biography

Melissa Jiménez is the daughter of Antonio Jimenez, (son of Spanish emigrants and born in Granada in 1963) and Italian mother Luciana Dionisio.[2] She has a younger sister named Sara. At the age of 2 years old, she moved to Barcelona, since her father was starting to work in the motorcycle world championship under the orders of JJ Cobas.[citation needed]

She grew up in a very small town 60 km from Barcelona and always went to the races with her father whenever she could. Since she was a child, Jiménez knew she wanted to work in the MotoGP World Championship. She studied Communication Sciences in Barcelona and did an internship at Onda Rambla. She spent two years working both on the radio and in 25TV and after finishing her degree she moved to Madrid, where she collaborated with MARCA TV. A year and a half later, Sky Sport Italia offered her to broadcast motorcycles with them and she went to Milan, commentated on pre-season training sessions, and worked as head of press for the Forward Racing Moto2 team.

In 2013, Jiménez returned to Spain to join the Mediaset España sports newsroom.[3][4] She joined the motorcycle broadcasting team as a commentator in the paddock, replacing Lara Álvarez.[5][6] Two years later, Jiménez announced through her Instagram account that she would no longer be part of the Moto GP commentary team.[7][8]

In October 2016, she participated as a guest on the fifth season of Antena 3's musical program Tu cara me suena, where she impersonated Nelly Furtado to sing the song "I'm Like A Bird".[9]

In 2022, she was confirmed to join DAZN F1 to be the reporter at Formula One circuits.

Television career

Jiménez began her career in the television channel 25TV and later became part of MarcaTV presenting "Tiramillas", "Marca Motor", "Marca Player" and "Zamoras y Pichichis". Then, she worked for Sky's Italian division as a motor specialist in the program Sky Sport 24h. In 2012, she was on the verge of signing with Telecinco. The network, in the end, opted for Lara Álvarez and Jiménez returned to Sky Italia. There, she did the race summaries from the studio. The second call from Telecinco caught her recording a spot with Alex De Angelis, an Italian Moto2 rider. From 2013 until 2015, she was a reporter at the foot of the paddock in the MotoGP OF Telecinco, along with Nico Abad.[10] In March 2016, after two years working in MotoGP, Mediaset España announced the departure of Jiménez for the next season.[11]

Personal life

From June 2013 to February 2014, she was romantically involved with singer Dani Martín.[12]

A few months later, she started dating the then FC Barcelona footballer Marc Bartra.[13] In June 2016, they moved to Dortmund, Germany, due to Marc Bartra's transfer to Borrussia Dortmund.[14] The couple announced their engagement through their social networks on 10 October 2016.[15] They got married in Barcelona during June of 2017.[16] They have two daughters and a son together.[17][18][19] As a result of the 2018 signing of Marc Bartra by Real Betis, Melissa Jiménez moved to Seville.[20] In January 2022, the couple announced that they had been separated for months and were in the process of getting divorced.[21]

In December 2025, it was announced that she was expecting her fourth child, her first one with Formula One driver Fernando Alonso, who was born in March 2026.[22][23]

References

  1. ^ "Melissa Jiménez". Semana (in Spanish).
  2. ^ "¿Quién es Melissa Jiménez (38)? Embarazada de su cuarto hijo, el primero con su actual pareja, Fernando Alonso". elperiodico.com/cuore (in Spanish). 10 December 2025. Retrieved 10 December 2025.
  3. ^ motocuatro.com (22 June 2013). "Entrevista con Antonio Jiménez: "Bautista es de los pocos que sabe ser piloto y persona al mismo tiempo"". Archived from the original on 25 June 2013.
  4. ^ "Melissa Jiménez: la guapa ex de Dani Martín". ABC. 5 February 2014.
  5. ^ Motorpasionmoto.com (29 April 2013). "Entrevista a los nuevos fichajes de Mediaset; Melissa Jiménez". MotorPasion (in Spanish).
  6. ^ Diario femenino (29 April 2013). "Melissa Jimenez, sustituta de Lara Álvarez en las motos de Telecinco". DiarioFemenino (in Spanish).
  7. ^ Diario Sport (15 March 2016). "Melissa Jiménez se despide de MotoGP, tras dos temporadas". Sport (in Spanish).
  8. ^ Vanitatis (17 March 2016). "La inesperada salida de Melissa Jiménez del Mundial de Motociclismo de Mediaset". ElConfidencial (in Spanish).
  9. ^ El mundo (15 October 2016). "La Inesperada Actuación de Melissa Jiménez Imitando a Nelly Furtado". ElMundo (in Spanish).
  10. ^ "Nico Abad, al frente de la MotoGP de Telecinco, junto a Melissa Jiménez". Ecoteuve. 4 March 2013.
  11. ^ "Melissa Jimenez no seguira en Moto GP". abc.
  12. ^ "Melissa Jiménez habla por primera vez de su ruptura con Dani Martín". VerTele (in Spanish). 21 April 2014.
  13. ^ "Melissa Jiménez y Marc Bartra confirman su amor en las redes". El mundo (in Spanish). 23 May 2014.
  14. ^ Hola (31 July 2016). "La nueva vida de Marc Bartra y Melissa Jiménez en Alemania". Hola (in Spanish).
  15. ^ "Marc Bartra le pide matrimonio a Melissa Jiménez". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 11 October 2016.
  16. ^ "Marc Bartra y Melissa Jiménez culminan tres años de relación dándose el "sí quiero"". Vanity Fair (in Spanish). 18 June 2017.
  17. ^ Hola (18 August 2015). "Melissa Jiménez y Marc Bartra, papás de una niña". Hola (in Spanish).
  18. ^ "Nace la segunda hija de Melissa Jiménez y Marc Bartra". La Vanguardia. 26 April 2018.
  19. ^ "Melissa Jiménez y Marc Bartra presentan públicamente a su hijo Max". Lecturas. 28 October 2019.
  20. ^ "Marc Bartra y Melissa Jiménez regresan a España". Diez minutos. 31 January 2018.
  21. ^ "Las pistas que confirman que Melissa Jiménez y Marc Bartra llevan vidas separadas desde hace meses". Lecturas. 7 January 2022.
  22. ^ País, El (10 December 2025). "Fernando Alonso y Melissa Jiménez esperan su primer hijo juntos". El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 10 December 2025.
  23. ^ Valladolid, El Día de (25 March 2026). "Fernando Alonso y Melissa Jiménez se convierten en padres". El Día de Valladolid (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 March 2026.