Lupita López (born Blanca Guadalupe López Maldonado; October 13, 1978) is a Mexican bullfighter and ''
matador
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 activit ...
''.
Born in
Mérida, Yucatán
Mérida () is the capital of the Mexican state of Yucatán, and the largest city in southeastern Mexico. The city is also the seat of the eponymous Municipality. It is located in the northwest corner of the Yucatán Peninsula, about 35 km (22 ...
, Lopez has been reported as deciding to be a bullfighter when she was eleven years old.
She became a ''matador'', aged 32, in 2011.
She came from a family of bullfighters. As of March 2011, Lopez was one of only four female professional bullfighters.
See also
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List of female bullfighters
This is a list of female bullfighters who are notably participating, or have in the past participated, in bullfighting. Women in bullfighting has been traced to the sport's earliest renditions in Spain, namely during the late-1700s and early-1800 ...
References
Living people
Date of birth missing (living people)
Female bullfighters
Mexican bullfighters
Sportspeople from Mérida, Yucatán
1978 births
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