José Gómez Ortega
 Joselito | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | José Gómez Ortega |
| Nickname(s) | Gallito Joselito el Gallo |
| Born | May 8, 1895 Gelves, Andalucia, Spain |
| Died | May 16, 1920 (aged 25) Talavera de la Reina, Spain |
| Relative(s) | Fernando Gómez García Rafael Gómez Ortega Ignacio Sánchez Mejías |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Bullfighting |
| Rank | Matador |
| Bullfighting career | |
| School | Sevillan |
| Début novillero | 1 October 1912 Fuente de Berro |
| Alternativa | 28 September 1912 |
| • Place | Seville |
| • Godfather | Fernando Gómez García |
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Template:Spanish name José Gómez Ortega (8 May 1895 — 16 May 1920), commonly known as Joselito (Spanish pronunciation: [xoseˈlito]), was a Spanish matador in the early twentieth century.
Joselito was considered a child prodigy and was the youngest bullfighter to receive the title of matador de toros, at the age of 17. Joselito followed in arch-rival Juan Belmonte's footsteps and the two ushered in bullfighting's "Golden Age". Joselito was fatally gored in the ring at the age of 25 during a competitive bullfight with his brother-in-law, the matador Ignacio Sánchez Mejías.
Belmonte and Gómez are widely considered to be the most famous bullfighters of all time.[1] Upon his death, the Virgin of Hope of Macarena was famously dressed in an entirely-black ensemble to acknowledge the public's heavy grief; to date, this tribute has never been repeated in Spanish history.
Biography
Early life
José Gómez Ortega was born on 8 May 1895 in Huerta de El Algarrobo, Gelves (Andalusia, Spain) to Fernando Gómez García (1847 — 1897), a bullfighter, and Gabriela Ortega Feria (1862 — 1919), a flamenco singer.
Joselito was a third-generation bullfighter. His father Fernando Gómez García, known as El Gallo (The Rooster) - Joselito's previous nickname, Gallito, was a diminutive form of this nickname; His elder brother Rafael Gómez Ortega, was also a bullfighter known as El Gallo.[1]
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