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Paquirri
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.
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
Article
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.