Cristina Sánchez de Pablos (born 20 February 1972) is a Spanish bullfighter who gained prominence during the 1990s for being one of the first female
bullfighters
A bullfighter (or matador) is a performer in the activity of bullfighting. ''Torero'' () or ''toureiro'' (), both from Latin ''taurarius'', are the Spanish and Portuguese words for bullfighter and describe all the performers in the activity ...
.
She is the first woman to complete her ''alternativa'' in Europe.
Career
Cristina Sánchez de Pablos was born on 20 February 1972 in
Madrid, Spain. She was a professional bullfighter at bullrings in
Ecuador
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and
Mexico
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and undertook many presentations and demonstrations in Spain.
She debuted as a bullfighter in Madrid on 13 February 1993.
She retired in 1999 and married the Portuguese ''
banderillero
A bullfighter (or matador) is a performer in the activity of bullfighting. ''Torero'' () or ''toureiro'' (), both from Latin ''taurarius'', are the Spanish and Portuguese words for bullfighter and describe all the performers in the activity ...
'' Alexandre da Silva in 2000.
Sánchez was considered by some to be a representative of the
feminist
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movement of the 1990s, as bullfighting is typically a male-dominated activity.
She was also the subject of the
Univision
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TV news program ''
Primer Impacto'', where
Maria Celeste Arraras presented an article about her.
See also
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List of female bullfighters
References
Further reading
"Cristina Sánchez (bullfigher)" in ''Outstanding Women Athletes: Who They Are and How They Influenced Sports in America'' by Janet Woolum (Phoenix: Oryx Press, 1998), pp. 214–215
External links
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1972 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Madrid
Spanish bullfighters
Female bullfighters
Spanish feminists
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