Mondeño

Spanish torero (1934–2023)

Mondeño

Born|

Juan García Jiménez

(1934-01-07)7 January 1934

Puerto Real, Spain

Died| 5 January 2023(2023-01-05) (aged 88)

Sanlúcar la Mayor, Spain

Nationality| Spanish
Occupation| Torero

Juan García Jiménez (7 January 1934 – 5 January 2023), better known as Mondeño, was a Spanish bullfighter.[1]

## Biography

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Coming from a low-income family, García entered bullfighting as a means of earning a living.[2] He made his debut on horses in El Puerto de Santa María on 24 June 1956. He was the alternativa with Antonio Ordóñez and Manolo Vázquez [es] on 29 March 1959 and was confirmed on 17 May 1960 by Vázquez. In 1962, he took part in the film La becerrada with Antonio Bienvenida.[3]

After sustaining an injury, García entered the Convento dominico de Caleruega [es] as a monk on 30 August 1964. However, he reappeared in March 1966 in Lisbon and in Marbella on 3 April of that year with Paco Camino [es] and El Cordobés. After a very serious injury in 1970, he permanently retired and married his fiancée, Lolita Casado.[4] After his retirement, he moved to Paris.[5]

Mondeño died in Sanlúcar la Mayor on 5 January 2023, at the age of 88.[6]

## References

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1. ^ Pérez, Rosario (6 January 2023). "Muere Mondeño, el hombre que fue torero antes que fraile". ABC (in Spanish). Madrid. Retrieved 10 January 2023.
2. ^ Del Moral, Álvaro R. (5 April 2019). "Mondeño: aquel torero místico que se metió a fraile". El Correo de Andalucía (in Spanish). Seville. Retrieved 10 January 2023.
3. ^ "Reparto: La becerrada (1963)". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 10 January 2023.
4. ^ "Juan García "Mondeño"". Portal Taurino (in Spanish).
5. ^ Nieto, Luis (1 May 2009). "'Mondeño', el torero monje". El Día de Córdoba (in Spanish). Retrieved 10 January 2023.
6. ^ de las Heras, Mario (10 January 2023). "Mondeño, el niño que fue torero para no ser pobre, fraile para huir de sí mismo y mundano para vivir y acabar sus días". El Debate (in Spanish). Retrieved 10 January 2023.