Conchita Cintrón

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Concepción Cintrón Verrill , also known as Conchita Cintrón , La Diosa Rubia (dt. The blonde goddess ) or La Diosa de Oro (dt. The golden goddess ) (born August 9, 1922 in Antofagasta ; † February 17, 2009 in Lisbon ), was a Peruvian-Portuguese bullfighter and arguably the most famous female bullfighter of all time.

Life

Conchita Cintrón's father was the Puerto Rican officer Francisco Cintrón Ramos, the second Puerto Rican graduate to graduate from the West Point Military Academy . Her mother, Loyola Verril, was an American of Irish descent. Conchita grew up in Lima and received Peruvian citizenship there.

In the local riding school in Ruy de Camara, she proved to be a talented student. De Camara then taught her the art of bullfighting on horseback. In 1936 she fought her first public bullfight on the plaza de Acho in Lima. Since she was not yet fourteen years old, she was not allowed to kill the bull herself. Nonetheless, the audience was beside themselves, enthusiastic about her brilliant performance and her radiant beauty.

The Mexican Chucho Solorzano taught them how to fight bulls on foot. In June 1939 she made her debut in Mexico. In a short time, she became famous in Mexico and throughout Latin America. Although she saw her fellow combatants die in the arena three times, she continued her career as a bullfighter. In 1940 she was seriously injured in a bullfight in Guadalajara, Mexico , and collapsed. She regained consciousness in the medical room of the bullring, went out into the arena, killed the bull, and passed out again.

Until 1943 she appeared on 211 corridas , together with the famous toreros of the time: Armillita Chico , Luis Procuna and Silverio Pérez . The latter invented the nickname by which she would become famous: La Diosa Rubia ( The Blonde Goddess ). In those years she killed 401 bulls.

She began her career in Europe in 1945 under the care of the famous bullfighter Marcial Lalanda , who also looked after Antonio Ordóñez and the brothers Manolo and Pepe Luis Vázquez in those years . On April 23, she performed at the Real Maestranza Arena in Seville . In French-speaking Spain, women were only allowed to fight bulls on horseback. In May 1945 an appearance followed in the great arena of Madrid, the Plaza Las Ventas . On August 3, 1947, she made her first appearance in France at the Bayonne arena . There followed appearances in Paris and Toulouse .

She ended her career as a bullfighter in Jaén in October 1950 . She married the Portuguese entrepreneur Francisco de Castelo Branco, settled with him in Lisbon and took her husband's Portuguese citizenship. The marriage had five children.

Conchita Cintrón wrote an autobiography entitled Recuerdos ( Memories ). She died on February 17, 2009 as a result of cardiac arrest .

literature

  • Francis Marmande: Conchita Cintron , Le Monde , February 22, 2009, p. 25.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Michael Eaude: Conchita Cintrón - The most famous woman bullfighter in history , The Guardian, February 21, 2009.
  2. ↑ The first graduate of Puerto Rican origin was Major General Luis R. Esteves (1893-1958).
  3. ^ «La plaza d'Acho est pleine à craquer. Sa beauté irradiante fait le reste. »In: Francis Marmande: Conchita Cintron , Le Monde, February 22, 2009, p. 25.
  4. ^ Francis Marmande: Conchita Cintron , Le Monde, February 22, 2009, p. 25.
  5. ^ Conchita Cintrón died in Portugal. In: Comprendes.de - the Spanish magazine. February 18, 2009, archived from the original on September 20, 2016 ; accessed on September 20, 2016 .
  6. ↑ a b Muere Conchita Citrón, la 'Diosa rubia' del rejoneo. In: El Mundo . February 20, 2009, accessed June 19, 2020 (Spanish).

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personal data
SURNAME Cintrón, Conchita
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Cintrón Verrill, Concepción; La Diosa Rubia
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Peruvian-Portuguese bullfighter
DATE OF BIRTH August 9, 1922
PLACE OF BIRTH Antofagasta
DATE OF DEATH February 17, 2009
Place of death Lisbon