Jaime Ostos | |
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Born | Jaime Ostos Carmona 8 April 1931 |
Died | 8 January 2022
Bogotá, Colombia | (aged 90)
Nationality | Spanish |
Occupation | Bullfighter |
Jaime Ostos Carmona (8 April 1931 – 8 January 2022) was a Spanish bullfighter. [1]
Ostos made his debut in Écija on 1 June 1952 alongside Bartolomé Jiménez Torres. His debut with picadors took place in Osuna on 5 April 1953 again with Torres. [2] His bullfighting debut came on 13 October 1956 in the Plaza de Toros de Zaragoza alongside his godfather, Miguel Báez Espuny. [3] He was awarded the Trophea Manolete in 1959. [4]
He was gored by a bull while participating in a fight in Tarazona on 17 July 1963 and presumed dead. However, thanks to a blood transfusion of ten liters, he was saved. [5] In 1974 he announced his full-time retirement, and participated in his last event in 2003. [6]
In 1967, he was honored with an induction into the Cross with Distinctive of the Civil Order of Beneficence . [7]
In March 2020, he was admitted to the Hospital de la Zarzuela in Madrid for being infected with COVID-19 during the beginning of the pandemic in Spain, and was discharged two months later. [8] Ostos died of a heart attack in Bogotá on 8 January 2022, at the age of 90. [9] He was visiting the country with his wife and a group of friends. [10]
Jaime Ostos | |
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Born | Jaime Ostos Carmona 8 April 1931 |
Died | 8 January 2022
Bogotá, Colombia | (aged 90)
Nationality | Spanish |
Occupation | Bullfighter |
Jaime Ostos Carmona (8 April 1931 – 8 January 2022) was a Spanish bullfighter. [1]
Ostos made his debut in Écija on 1 June 1952 alongside Bartolomé Jiménez Torres. His debut with picadors took place in Osuna on 5 April 1953 again with Torres. [2] His bullfighting debut came on 13 October 1956 in the Plaza de Toros de Zaragoza alongside his godfather, Miguel Báez Espuny. [3] He was awarded the Trophea Manolete in 1959. [4]
He was gored by a bull while participating in a fight in Tarazona on 17 July 1963 and presumed dead. However, thanks to a blood transfusion of ten liters, he was saved. [5] In 1974 he announced his full-time retirement, and participated in his last event in 2003. [6]
In 1967, he was honored with an induction into the Cross with Distinctive of the Civil Order of Beneficence . [7]
In March 2020, he was admitted to the Hospital de la Zarzuela in Madrid for being infected with COVID-19 during the beginning of the pandemic in Spain, and was discharged two months later. [8] Ostos died of a heart attack in Bogotá on 8 January 2022, at the age of 90. [9] He was visiting the country with his wife and a group of friends. [10]