Joaquín Bernadó y Bartoméu (16 August 1935 – 21 February 2022) was a Spanish matador.
Biography
At the age of 15, Bernadó abandoned his business studies and began bullfighting. He participated in his first on 28 May 1950 in
Manresa
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. He began his first season in
Vista Alegre on 25 April 1954, in which he took part in 41 novilladas with limited success.
His first ''
alternativa'' took place on 4 March 1956 in
Castellón de la Plana
Castellón de la Plana (officially in ca-valencia, Castelló de la Plana), or simply Castellón ( ca-valencia, Castelló, link=no) is the capital city of the province of Castellón, in the Valencian Community, Spain. It is located in the east ...
with his godfather and witness .
He took part in 32 bullfights in his first year as an ''alternativa''.
Bernadó died in
Madrid
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on 21 February 2022, at the age of 86.
References
1935 births
2022 deaths
Spanish bullfighters
Sportspeople from Santa Coloma de Gramenet
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