Mondeño
Mondeño | |
|---|---|
| Born | Juan García Jiménez 7 January 1934 |
| Died | 5 January 2023 (aged 88) Sanlúcar la Mayor, Spain |
| Nationality | Spanish |
| Occupation | Torero |
Juan García Jiménez (7 January 1934 – 5 January 2023), better known as Mondeño, was a Spanish bullfighter.[1]
Biography
Coming from a low-income family, García entered bullfighting as a means of earning a living.
After sustaining an injury, García entered the Convento dominico de Caleruega as a monk on 30 August 1964. However, he reappeared in March 1966 in Lisbon and in Marbella on 3 April of that year with Paco Camino and El Cordobés. After a very serious injury in 1970, he permanently retired and married his fiancée, Lolita Casado.[4] After his retirement, he moved to Paris.[5]
Mondeño died in Sanlúcar la Mayor on 5 January 2023, at the age of 88.[6]
References
- ^ Pérez, Rosario (6 January 2023). "Muere Mondeño, el hombre que fue torero antes que fraile". ABC (in Spanish). Madrid. Retrieved 10 January 2023.
- ^ Del Moral, Álvaro R. (5 April 2019). "Mondeño: aquel torero místico que se metió a fraile". El Correo de Andalucía (in Spanish). Seville. Retrieved 10 January 2023.
- ^ "Reparto: La becerrada (1963)". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 10 January 2023.
- ^ "Juan García "Mondeño"". Portal Taurino (in Spanish).
- ^ Nieto, Luis (1 May 2009). "'Mondeño', el torero monje". El Día de Córdoba (in Spanish). Retrieved 10 January 2023.
- ^ de las Heras, Mario (10 January 2023). "Mondeño, el niño que fue torero para no ser pobre, fraile para huir de sí mismo y mundano para vivir y acabar sus días". El Debate (in Spanish). Retrieved 10 January 2023.