Jaime Ostos
Jaime Ostos | |
|---|---|
| Born | Jaime Ostos Carmona 8 April 1931 |
| Died | 8 January 2022 (aged 90) Bogotá, Colombia |
| Nationality | Spanish |
| Occupation | Bullfighter |
Jaime Ostos Carmona (8 April 1931 – 8 January 2022) was a Spanish bullfighter.[1]
Biography
Ostos made his debut in Écija on 1 June 1952 alongside Bartolomé Jiménez Torres. His debut with picadors took place in Osuna on 5 April 1953 again with Torres.[2] His bullfighting debut came on 13 October 1956 in the Plaza de Toros de Zaragoza alongside his godfather, Miguel Báez Espuny.[3] He was awarded the Trophea Manolete in 1959.[4]
He was gored by a bull while participating in a fight in Tarazona on 17 July 1963 and presumed dead. However, thanks to a blood transfusion of ten liters, he was saved.[5] In 1974 he announced his full-time retirement, and participated in his last event in 2003.[6]
In 1967, he was honored with an induction into the Cross with Distinctive of the Civil Order of Beneficence.[7]
In March 2020, he was admitted to the Hospital de la Zarzuela in Madrid for being infected with COVID-19 during the beginning of the pandemic in Spain, and was discharged two months later.[8] Ostos died of a heart attack in Bogotá on 8 January 2022, at the age of 90.[9] He was visiting the country with his wife and a group of friends.[10]
References
- ^ Bienvenida, Gonzalo I. (8 January 2022). "Muere Jaime Ostos de un infarto mientras dormía en Bogotá". El Mundo (in Spanish). Retrieved 9 January 2022.
- ^ "Fallece el matador de toros Jaime Ostos". Aplausos (in Spanish). 8 January 2022. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
- ^ Pérez, Rosario (8 January 2022). "Muere a los 90 años Jaime Ostos, el torero del valor indomable". ABC (in Spanish). Retrieved 9 January 2022.
- ^ "Ha muerto Jaime Ostos, primer director de la Escuela Taurina..." Nueva Alcarría (in Spanish). 8 January 2022. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
- ^ "Muere el torero Jaime Ostos en Colombia a los 90 años". Cadena COPE (in Spanish). 8 January 2022. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
- ^ "Muere a los 90 años el torero Jaime Ostos tras sufrir un infarto". Onda Cero (in Spanish). Madrid. 8 January 2022. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
- ^ "Fallece el torero Jaime Ostos a los 90 años". Las Provincias (in Spanish). 8 January 2022. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
- 20 Minutos(in Spanish). 8 January 2022. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
- ^ "Fallece Jaime Ostos a los 90 años". Crónica Global (in Spanish). 8 January 2022. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
- ^ "Fallece Jaime Ostos". Mundo Toro (in Spanish). 8 January 2022. Retrieved 9 January 2022.