Jaime Ostos

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Ostos and the second or maternal family name is Carmona.

Jaime Ostos Carmona (8 April 1931 – 8 January 2022) was a Spanish bullfighter.^[1]

Jaime Ostos
Born	Jaime Ostos Carmona (1931-04-08)8 April 1931 Écija, Spain
Died	8 January 2022(2022-01-08) (aged 90) Bogotá, Colombia
Nationality	Spanish
Occupation	Bullfighter

Biography

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 [es].^[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]

References

1. Bienvenida, Gonzalo I. (8 January 2022). "Muere Jaime Ostos de un infarto mientras dormía en Bogotá". El Mundo (in Spanish). Retrieved 9 January 2022.
2. "Fallece el matador de toros Jaime Ostos". Aplausos (in Spanish). 8 January 2022. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
3. Pérez, Rosario (8 January 2022). "Muere a los 90 años Jaime Ostos, el torero del valor indomable". ABC (in Spanish). Retrieved 9 January 2022.
4. "Ha muerto Jaime Ostos, primer director de la Escuela Taurina..." Nueva Alcarría (in Spanish). 8 January 2022. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
5. "Muere el torero Jaime Ostos en Colombia a los 90 años". Cadena COPE (in Spanish). 8 January 2022. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
6. "Muere a los 90 años el torero Jaime Ostos tras sufrir un infarto". Onda Cero (in Spanish). Madrid. 8 January 2022. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
7. "Fallece el torero Jaime Ostos a los 90 años". Las Provincias (in Spanish). 8 January 2022. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
8. "Jaime Ostos regresa a casa tras dos meses ingresado en el hospital". 20 Minutos (in Spanish). 8 January 2022. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
9. "Fallece Jaime Ostos a los 90 años". Crónica Global (in Spanish). 8 January 2022. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
10. "Fallece Jaime Ostos". Mundo Toro (in Spanish). 8 January 2022. Retrieved 9 January 2022.