Cayetano Rivera Ordóñez
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| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born |
January 13, 1977 Madrid, Spain |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Bullfighting |
| Rank | Matador |
| Bullfighting career | |
| Début novillero | 26 March 2005 (debut con caballos) Ronda |
| Alternativa | 9 September 2006 |
| • Place | Ronda |
| • Godfather | Francisco Rivera Ordóñez |
| Confirmación | 15 September 2006 |
| • Place | Nimes |
Cayetano Rivera Ordóñez, (born on January 13, 1977 in Madrid, Spain) is a Spanish torero or 'bullfighter'.
Cayetano is the son of Francisco Rivera 'Paquirri' and Carmen Ordóñez.
He belongs to a long line of famous bullfighters: his great-grandfather was Cayetano Ordóñez, who fought under the name 'El Niño de la Palma', and was the inspiration for the young matador in Ernest Hemingway's novel The Sun Also Rises. His grandfather, the great matador Antonio Ordóñez, was a friend of Hemingway and of Orson Welles. Antonio is the subject, with Cayetano's torero great-uncle Luis Miguel Dominguín, of Hemingway's book The Dangerous Summer. His father Paquirri was killed by the bull Avispado when Cayetano was 8. His elder brother is the matador Francisco Rivera Ordóñez.
Rivera made his novice debut 'con picadores' on March 26, 2005. On September 9, 2006, he took his 'alternativa' to become a full matador in the bullring with which his family is most associated in Ronda with his brother, Francisco, as his 'padrino.' He cut four ears of the two bulls he fought that day.
In 2007 he was on the cover of Vogue next to Penélope Cruz for an editorial titled 'Made in Spain' shot by Annie Leibovitz.
Cayetano met Giorgio Armani in Valencia in 2006 and the Italian designer proposed to design a 'suit of lights' for Cayetano to wear in the bullfights of the world famous 'feria goyesca' celebrating the first matador, Pedro Romero, in his - and Cayetano's - hometown of Ronda. Cayetano's grandfather had founded the feria in the 1950s and Pablo Picasso had designed his suit for him. Cayetano has also represented the men's luxury fashion house Loewe as brand ambassador.
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