Pablo Hermoso de Mendoza

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Mendoza in Donostia-San Sebastián during Aste Nagusia , the big festival week on August 17th, 2007

Pablo Hermoso de Mendoza (born April 11, 1966 in Estella ( Spain , Navarra )) is a rejoneador , a bullfighter who fights on horseback.

Life

Mendoza in Arles , September 13th 2008

Mendoza comes from a simple family, which is rather rare among the Rejoneadors. Thanks to his extraordinary talent, he was still successful.

His debut was on October 12, 1985 in Pamplona . On August 18, 1989, Mendoza celebrated its Alternativa in Tafalla . Manuel Vidrié elevated him to the status of a professional matador. On May 20, 1995, he performed in Madrid . In the bullring of Nîmes , Pablo Hermoso de Mendoza fought in 19 corridas. There he got 40 ears and 5 tails.

As a gifted rider, he has been one of the most prominent Rejoneadors since 1994. He fought with the biggest Ferias, especially in France. On April 30, 1995, he triumphed in Seville with his legendary horse Cagancho .

In 2009, too, its supremacy was undisputed. In 63 corridas he received 128 ears and seven tails as an honor for the "matador" . For the fourth time in a row he led the Escalafón, the ranking of matadors.

In 2015 he received a Medalla de Oro al mérito en las Bellas Artes from the Spanish Ministry of Culture and Sport.

He has been married to Miren Tardienta Araiz since 1994. The couple has three children Paula, Guillermo and Alba.

successes

Mendoza on June 3, 2006
  • 1999 season: 84 corridas - 127 ears - 3 tails
  • 2000 season: 98 corridas - 183 ears - 16 tails
  • 2001 season: 114 corridas - 259 ears - 20 tails (He was injured in Madrid and had to interrupt the season for 45 days.)
  • 2002 season: 142 corridas - 326 ears - 32 tails
  • 2003 season: 114 corridas - 256 ears - 26 tails
  • 2004 season: 116 corridas (57 in America and 59 in Europe) - 201 ears - 16 tails
  • 2005 season: 92 corridas - 194 ears - 15 tails dont 24 corridas - 58 ears - 10 tails in America
  • 2006 season: 101 corridas - 226 ears
  • 2007 season: 120 corridas - 278 ears - 33 tails dont 33 corridas - 83 ears - 17 tails in America
  • Season 2008: 67 festjos - 137 ears - 6 tails
  • Season 2009: 60 corridas - 125 ears - 7 tails
  • 2010 season: 50 corridas - 107 ears - 7 tails
  • 2011 season: 53 corridas - 92 ears - 5 tails in Europe (almost 50 corridas in America)

Known horses

  • Cagancho
  • Orphéo
  • Quierto

literature

  • Robert Bérard, Histoire et dictionnaire de la Tauromachie, Bouquins Laffont, Paris, 2003, ISBN 2221092465
  • Au cœur des chevaux , Éditions Au diable vauvert, 2016, autobiography translated from Spanish into French by Antoine Martin

Web link

Pablo Hermoso de Mendoza in Nimes, 2016 , Facebook page of the Arles Arena

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Bérard, 2003, p. 555
  2. ^ Bérard, 2003, p. 555
  3. ↑ Real Decreto 1179, December 29, 2015, Medalla al Mérito en las Bellas Artes ( es ). Accessed January 7, 2018.
  4. ↑ Arènes Arles Infos, N ° 32, June 2012
personal data
SURNAME Mendoza, Pablo Hermoso de
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Spanish Rejoneador
DATE OF BIRTH April 11, 1966
PLACE OF BIRTH Estella ( Spain , Navarre )