Enrique Ponce

Enrique Ponce

Enrique Ponce in the Melilla Bullring, 2009
Born (1971-12-08) December 8, 1971
Chiva, Valencia, Spain
Nationality Spanish
Spouse(s) Paloma Cuevas
Website http://www.enriqueponce.com

Alfonso Enrique Ponce Martínez (born December 8, 1971) Chiva, Valencia, Spain, also known as Enrique Ponce, is a famous Spanish bullfighter.

Biography

He made his first public appearance on the August 10, 1986 in the Plaza De Toros in Baeza (Jaén). Some of his early debut appearances were on March 9, 1988, in Castellon with Curro Trillo and Jose Luis Torres when he was a Novillero. He began in the Escuela Taurina de Valencia, until he went into the public in 1986 in Baeza.

He performed for 10 years and over 100 corridas. Ponce is the first torero in history to fight more than 2000 corridas. He passed this mark in Ronda on September 4, 2010.

March 2014 goring

Whilst opening the Las Fallas festival in Valencia on the 18th March 2014, by bullfighting a bull from the Victorinao del Río farm, he suffered a severe goring which broke his collarbone and several ribs. He was carried off the field by his assistant bullfighter Mariano de la Viña.[1]

Career information

See also

References

  1. Ponce “ripped apart” by bull as bullfight goes wrong by http://www.davidjackson.info
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