Joaquín Bernadó Explained

Joaquín Bernadó
Birth Name:Joaquín Bernadó y Bartoméu
Birth Date:1935 8, df=y
Birth Place:Santa Coloma de Gramenet, Spain
Death Place:Madrid, Spain
Nationality:Spanish
Occupation:Matador

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

At the age of 15, Bernadó abandoned his business studies and began bullfighting. He participated in his first 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 .[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]

Notes and References

  1. News: 21 February 2022. Muere Joaquín Bernardó, el torero elegante. Spanish. Federación Taurina de Valladolid. 24 February 2022.
  2. Book: Bérard, Robert. 2003. Histoire et dictionnaire de la Tauromachie. French. Paris. Bouquins Laffont. 2-221-09246-5.
  3. News: 21 February 2022. Fallece el torero Joaquín Bernadó, admirado en España y Latinoamérica. Spanish. Hola News. Madrid. 24 February 2022. 24 February 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220224235948/https://holanews.com/fallece-el-torero-joaquin-bernado-admirado-en-espana-y-latinoamerica/. dead.