Víctor Barrio

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Víctor Barrio Hernanz (born May 29, 1987 in Grajera , Segovia , † July 9, 2016 in Teruel ) was a Spanish bullfighter .

Career

Víctor Barrio first worked as a greenkeeper on a golf course, at the same time he attended bullfighting school. He had his first bullfight before paying audience in the summer of 2008. His formal appointment as Matador , called alternativa took place on April 8, 2012. After that he was entitled under the rules of bullfighting to fight as Haupttorero against adult bulls. He did not make a great career after that, he was considered one of those who failed in the bullfighting metropolis of Madrid.

Fatal accident in the arena

Barrio died in the late afternoon of July 9, 2016 at the age of 29 in the Teruel arena infirmary after being impaled by the 529 kg bull Lorenzo . Here a horn of the animal pierced a lung , parts of the heart and the main artery . He was the first bullfighter since 1992 and the first matador since 1985 to be killed in a bullfight in Spain. The bullfight and thus the incident were broadcast live on television; In addition to several hundred spectators, Barrio's wife, the Spanish journalist Raquel Sanz, was also present in the arena. She went into shock.

After the bull wounded Barrio so badly in the arena that resuscitation measures were unsuccessful and only the death of the bullfighter could be determined in the infirmary, another matador killed the animal. Shortly after the fatal incident, he ended Lorenzo's life and cut off his ear as a trophy, as reported by the Spanish newspaper El Mundo . According to the Spanish newspaper El País , according to a bullfighting tradition, the bull's mother cow should be slaughtered; According to tradition, a fighting bull inherits the stature of its father but the fighting spirit of its mother and it is therefore customary to end the breeding line after such an incident. This reporting led, among other things, to a petition demanding the "rescue" of the suckler cow. According to other sources, however, this was slaughtered for reasons of age a few days before the bullfight.

Barrios funeral took place, as is customary in the country, just one day later at his place of residence Sepúlveda ; Hundreds of people paid their last respects, numerous bullfighters appeared. Spain’s Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy and King Felipe VI. and Queen Letizia sent condolences.

consequences

On social media, bullfighters from around the world showered Twitter and Barrio's Facebook page with comments that often cursed the late torero and celebrated his death. In other contributions, the accident was referred to as “occupational risk” or “ karma ”.

The Spanish animal welfare party “Partido Animalista” took the incident as an opportunity to immediately stop the bullfighting.

Individual evidence

  1. tauroweb.es: Víctor Barrio. Retrieved July 14, 2016 (Spanish).
  2. He who quenches the thirst of the gods . Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, July 14, 2014
  3. Die Welt: Is the exhibition fight with the bulls dying now? July 11, 2016, accessed July 14, 2016 .
  4. El Mundo: Victor Barrio muere tras una brutal cornada en el pecho. July 9, 2016, Retrieved July 14, 2016 (Spanish).
  5. El Pais: Víctor Barrio, una esperanza rota. July 11, 2016, Retrieved July 14, 2016 (Spanish).
  6. ¡Salvemos a la vaca Lorenza! Retrieved August 4, 2016 (Spanish).
  7. Abc: La madre del toro "Lorenzo" había sido sacrificada hace días por la edad. July 10, 2016, accessed August 4, 2016 (Spanish).
  8. Tages-Anzeiger: The death of the torero is celebrated. July 11, 2016, accessed July 14, 2016 .
  9. Die Welt: Not only the bull who killed the torero had to die. July 11, 2016, accessed July 14, 2016 .