Joaquín Bernadó

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

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 novillada [es] 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. Archived from the original on 22 February 2022. Retrieved 24 February 2022.
  2. ^ a b 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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