Joaquín Bernadó

Joaquín Bernadó y Bartoméu (16 August 1935 – 21 February 2022) was a Spanish matador.[1]

Joaquín Bernadó
Born
Joaquín Bernadó y Bartoméu

(1935-08-16)16 August 1935
Santa Coloma de Gramenet, Spain
Died21 February 2022(2022-02-21) (aged 86)
Madrid, Spain
NationalitySpanish
OccupationMatador

Biography

At the age of 15, Bernadó abandoned his business studies and began bullfighting. He participated in his first novillada on 28 May 1950 in Manresa. He began his first season in Vista Alegre on 25 April 1954, in which he took part in 41 novilladas with limited success.[2] His first alternativa took place on 4 March 1956 in Castellón de la Plana with his godfather Antonio Bienvenida and witness Julio Aparicio Martínez.[2] He took part in 32 bullfights in his first year as an alternativa.

Bernadó died in Madrid on 21 February 2022, at the age of 86.[3]

References
  1. "Muere Joaquín Bernardó, el torero elegante". Federación Taurina de Valladolid (in Spanish). 21 February 2022. Retrieved 24 February 2022.
  2. Bérard, Robert (2003). Histoire et dictionnaire de la Tauromachie (in French). Paris: Bouquins Laffont. ISBN 2-221-09246-5.
  3. "Fallece el torero Joaquín Bernadó, admirado en España y Latinoamérica". Hola News (in Spanish). Madrid. 21 February 2022. Archived from the original on 24 February 2022. Retrieved 24 February 2022.


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