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Víctor Barrio
Víctor Barrio Hernanz (Spanish: [ˈbiktoɾ ˈβarjo eɾˈnanθ]; 29 May 1987 – 9 July 2016), known as Víctor Barrio, was a Spanish bullfighter who died at the age of 29 when he was gored in the chest by a bull named Lorenzo at the Teruel bullring.
Barrio's parents, who both survived him, were Joaquín Barrio and Esther Hernanz.
According to Barrio's first apoderado, José Galán ("Josele"), Barrio had no formal training in tauromachy. He learnt at local farms about the profession, and indeed, never stood before a bull until he was twenty years old. On the other hand, at least one source says that Barrio was an alumnus of the Escuela de Tauromaquia de "El Espinar" in Segovia.
Barrio's first performance in public as a novillero (novice bullfighter who fights yearling bulls) without picadores was on 13 July 2008 at Las Ventas de Retamosa in the province of Toledo. He then had his début with picadores on 29 August of the next year at the Sepúlveda bullring in the province of Segovia. He got great recognition as a novillero, winning the prizes for the best novillero at the Feria de San Isidro ("Saint Isidore's Fair) in 2011, awarded at Bilbao and Santander, and also the Golden Potter (Villaseca de la Sagra), the Silver Frascuelo (Moralzarzal), and the Golden Spike (Calasparra).
Barrio took his alternativa at Madrid's Las Ventas bullring on 8 April 2012, which was Easter Sunday. Standing as "godfather" for the occasion was José Pedro Prados Martín "El Fundi", while Juan del Álamo bore witness. The bulls were supplied by the José Luis Pereda ranch. A minute of silence was observed for the fiftieth anniversary of bullfighter Juan Belmonte's death. In 2015, the Mesonero Mayor de Castilla and Golden Chimney of Valdemorillo trophies were awarded him.
There would seem to be no reliable record of Barrio ever having had his alternativa confirmed.
On 9 July 2016, during the Vaquilla del Ángel (literally "Angel's Heifer" — the angel is the city's patron, the Holy Guardian Angel) celebrations in Teruel, Barrio was on the bill together with Curro Vázquez and Morenito de Aranda. Barrio was 29 years old by this time. He was allotted the afternoon's third bull, a beast from the Los Maños ranch weighing 529 kg, named Lorenzo, who would be the last bull that Barrio ever faced. Lorenzo delivered a deadly goring to Barrio, thrusting a horn deep into the bullfighter's chest. Barrio died within minutes. Lorenzo's horn had passed through the bullfighter's axilla, penetrating his right lung and rupturing his thoracic aorta, leading to massive blood loss and a quick death. It was the first time in more than thirty years that a bullfighter had died during a corrida in Spain (excluding the banderilleros Manolo Montoliú and Ramón Soto Vargas, who died in 1992), the last before Barrio having been José Cubero Sánchez "el Yiyo" on 30 August 1985 at Colmenar Viejo, Madrid. The whole incident was broadcast live on television.
Barrio's body was brought to his hometown, and a chapel of rest (place where respects can be paid to one who has died) was set up at the local sports centre. Barrio's funeral in Sepúlveda, Segovia drew a great crowd, which included the authorities, bullfighters and aficionados.
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Víctor Barrio
Víctor Barrio Hernanz (Spanish: [ˈbiktoɾ ˈβarjo eɾˈnanθ]; 29 May 1987 – 9 July 2016), known as Víctor Barrio, was a Spanish bullfighter who died at the age of 29 when he was gored in the chest by a bull named Lorenzo at the Teruel bullring.
Barrio's parents, who both survived him, were Joaquín Barrio and Esther Hernanz.
According to Barrio's first apoderado, José Galán ("Josele"), Barrio had no formal training in tauromachy. He learnt at local farms about the profession, and indeed, never stood before a bull until he was twenty years old. On the other hand, at least one source says that Barrio was an alumnus of the Escuela de Tauromaquia de "El Espinar" in Segovia.
Barrio's first performance in public as a novillero (novice bullfighter who fights yearling bulls) without picadores was on 13 July 2008 at Las Ventas de Retamosa in the province of Toledo. He then had his début with picadores on 29 August of the next year at the Sepúlveda bullring in the province of Segovia. He got great recognition as a novillero, winning the prizes for the best novillero at the Feria de San Isidro ("Saint Isidore's Fair) in 2011, awarded at Bilbao and Santander, and also the Golden Potter (Villaseca de la Sagra), the Silver Frascuelo (Moralzarzal), and the Golden Spike (Calasparra).
Barrio took his alternativa at Madrid's Las Ventas bullring on 8 April 2012, which was Easter Sunday. Standing as "godfather" for the occasion was José Pedro Prados Martín "El Fundi", while Juan del Álamo bore witness. The bulls were supplied by the José Luis Pereda ranch. A minute of silence was observed for the fiftieth anniversary of bullfighter Juan Belmonte's death. In 2015, the Mesonero Mayor de Castilla and Golden Chimney of Valdemorillo trophies were awarded him.
There would seem to be no reliable record of Barrio ever having had his alternativa confirmed.
On 9 July 2016, during the Vaquilla del Ángel (literally "Angel's Heifer" — the angel is the city's patron, the Holy Guardian Angel) celebrations in Teruel, Barrio was on the bill together with Curro Vázquez and Morenito de Aranda. Barrio was 29 years old by this time. He was allotted the afternoon's third bull, a beast from the Los Maños ranch weighing 529 kg, named Lorenzo, who would be the last bull that Barrio ever faced. Lorenzo delivered a deadly goring to Barrio, thrusting a horn deep into the bullfighter's chest. Barrio died within minutes. Lorenzo's horn had passed through the bullfighter's axilla, penetrating his right lung and rupturing his thoracic aorta, leading to massive blood loss and a quick death. It was the first time in more than thirty years that a bullfighter had died during a corrida in Spain (excluding the banderilleros Manolo Montoliú and Ramón Soto Vargas, who died in 1992), the last before Barrio having been José Cubero Sánchez "el Yiyo" on 30 August 1985 at Colmenar Viejo, Madrid. The whole incident was broadcast live on television.
Barrio's body was brought to his hometown, and a chapel of rest (place where respects can be paid to one who has died) was set up at the local sports centre. Barrio's funeral in Sepúlveda, Segovia drew a great crowd, which included the authorities, bullfighters and aficionados.