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José Cubero Sánchez
José Cubero Sánchez (; 16 April 1964 – 30 August 1985), known as el Yiyo, was a Spanish bullfighter. He died at the age of 21 during a Spanish-style bullfighting, bullfight at the bullring in Colmenar Viejo when a Spanish Fighting Bull, bull named Burlero gored him in the heart. Life Born in Bordeaux, France, to a Spanish emigrant family, Cubero was brought up in Madrid's Canillejas neighbourhood. He was a prominent alumnus of the ''Escuela Nacional de Tauromaquia'' ("National Bullfighting School") at the Venta del Batán, a complex in the Casa de Campo, Madrid's biggest public park. In 2016, it was given the name ''Escuela Taurina de la Comunidad de Madrid el Yiyo'' (ETCM Yiyo) in Cubero's honour. In February 1980, he made his début with picadores in San Sebastián de los Reyes, where he shared billing with Carlos Aragón and Antonio Amores. This same year, he led the ranking among novice bullfighters (''novilleros'') and thereby won the famous ''Zapato de Oro'' ("Golden S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bordeaux
Bordeaux ( , ; Gascon oc, Bordèu ; eu, Bordele; it, Bordò; es, Burdeos) is a port city on the river Garonne in the Gironde department, Southwestern France. It is the capital of the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, as well as the prefecture of the Gironde department. Its inhabitants are called ''"Bordelais"'' (masculine) or ''"Bordelaises"'' (feminine). The term "Bordelais" may also refer to the city and its surrounding region. The city of Bordeaux proper had a population of 260,958 in 2019 within its small municipal territory of , With its 27 suburban municipalities it forms the Bordeaux Metropolis, in charge of metropolitan issues. With a population of 814,049 at the Jan. 2019 census. it is the fifth most populated in France, after Paris, Lyon, Marseille and Lille and ahead of Toulouse. Together with its suburbs and exurbs, except satellite cities of Arcachon and Libourne, the Bordeaux metropolitan area had a population of 1,363,711 that same year (Jan. 2019 censu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
