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Paquirri
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Francisco Rivera Pérez (; 5 March 1948 – 26 September 1984), better known as Paquirri (), was a Spanish bullfighter. He died after being gored by a bull named Avispado at the Pozoblanco bullring. During his career, he was six times borne shoulder-high out through the Great Gate at Las Ventas.
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The entry is geolocated on the map in landmark_region, across 2 mapped points.
It is catalogued under topics including 1948 births, 1984 deaths and 20th-century Spanish sportsmen.
Its subject is documented across 9 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Sportsperson.name
- Francisco Rivera Pérez
- Sportsperson.image
- 09.05.71_Paquirri_(1971)_-_53Fi494.jpg
- Sportsperson.caption
- Paquirri in 1971
- Sportsperson.headercolor
- red
- Sportsperson.textcolor
- gold
- Sportsperson.nickname
- Paquirri
- Sportsperson.nationality
- Spanish
- Sportsperson.birth_place
- Zahara de los Atunes, Cádiz, Andalusia, Spain
- Sportsperson.death_place
- Córdoba, Córdoba, Andalusia, Spain
- Sportsperson.resting_place
- Cemetery of San Fernando
- Sportsperson.monuments
- Pozoblanco bullringMausoleum sculptureEl Puerto de Santa María bullring
- Sportsperson.hometown
- Barbate, Cádiz, Andalusia, Spain
- Sportsperson.occupation
- Bullfighter
- Sportsperson.years_active
- 1962–1984
- Sportsperson.agent
- José CamaráManolo Camará(apoderados)
- Sportsperson.children
- Francisco Rivera OrdóñezCayetano Rivera OrdóñezFrancisco José Rivera Pantoja
- Sportsperson.mother
- Agustina Pérez Núñez
- Sportsperson.father
- Antonio Rivera Alvarado
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Francisco
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Spain
- Place of birth
- Zahara de los Atunes
- Place of death
- Córdoba
- Spouse
- Isabel Pantoja
- Child
- Kiko Rivera
- Occupation
- bullfighter
- Languages spoken
- Spanish
- Sport
- bullfighting
- Image
- Paquirri.jpg
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- Commons category
- Paquirri
- date of birth
- 1948-03-05
- pseudonym
- Paquirri
- date of death
- 1984-09-26
- birth name
- Francisco Rivera Pérez
- nickname
- Paquirri
- second family name in Spanish name
- Pérez
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Encyclopedic overview
8 sectionsContents
- Early life
- ''Novillero''
- Matador
- Deathblow at Pozoblanco
- Personal life
- See also
- References
- External links
Francisco Rivera Pérez (; 5 March 1948 – 26 September 1984), better known as Paquirri (), was a Spanish bullfighter. He died after being gored by a bull named Avispado at the Pozoblanco bullring. During his career, he was six times borne shoulder-high out through the Great Gate at Las Ventas.
==Early life== Rivera was born to Agustina Pérez Núñez (Tarifa, 1922–1977) and the novillero (novice bullfighter who fights yearlings) Antonio Rivera Alvarado (born in Barbate, 17 February 1920; died in Cádiz, 10 November 2009), who was in charge of Barbate's municipal slaughterhouse, where Rivera and his brother José Rivera "Riverita", who also became a bullfighter, began their bullfighting. He grew up in Barbate within bullfighting milieux.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Paquirri” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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