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 activi ...

. 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 Madrid ( ; ) is the capital and List of largest cities in Spain, most populous municipality of Spain. It has almost 3.5 million inhabitants and a Madrid metropolitan area, metropolitan area population of approximately 7 million. It i ...

. She was a professional bullfighter at bullrings in

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and

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and undertook many presentations and demonstrations in Spain. She debuted as a bullfighter in Madrid on 13 February 1993. She took her '' alternativa'' at

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on 25 May 1996. Standing as her "godfather" was

Curro Romero Francisco Romero López (; born 1 December 1933), better known as Curro Romero (), and nicknamed ''El Faraón de Camas'' ("The Pharaoh of Camas"), is a Spanish bullfighter. He began his professional career in his hometown's La Pañoleta neighbo ...

, while

José Mari Manzanares José María Dols Abellán (; 14 April 1953 – 28 October 2014), known professionally as José Mari Manzanares () was a Spanish bullfighter, son of the banderillero Pepe Dols (''Pepe Manzanares'') and father of José María Dols Samper, likew ...

stood as witness. Sánchez retired in 1999 and married the Portuguese '' banderillero'' Alexandre da Silva in 2000. Sánchez was considered by some to be a representative of the

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movement of the 1990s, as bullfighting is typically a male-dominated activity. She was also the subject of the

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TV news program ''

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'', where Maria Celeste Arraras presented an article about her.

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