Julián López Escobar, is a Spanish bullfighter popularly known around the world as "El Juli".
DATE OF BIRTH: On October 3, 1982 in San Blas - Canillejas de Madrid.
PUBLIC DEBUT: El Juli appears for the first time before the public in a bullfight when he was only 10 years old. Specifically in his mother's hometown in 1993 in the traditional village festivities.
DEBUT AS A NOVILLERO: Not being able to make his debut as a novillero in Spain due to his very young age, his father and he decided to emigrate to Mexico, one of the capitals of the bullfighting world. He finally made his debut on August 3, 1997 in the Monumental of Mexico.
ALTERNATIVE:Takes the alternative with 15 years in the bullring of Nimes (France) on September 18, 1998. Accompanied by José María Manzanares, another bullfighter who had been very strong. And with Ortega cano as witness. This fact made Julián López Escobar become the youngest bullfighter in the bullrings.
PLACES WHERE HE HAS FOUGHT: El Juli has fought in the best places in the world. La Monumental de México, La Maestranza de Sevilla, Las Ventas, La Maestranza de Ronda, Plaza de toros de Pamplona, La Malagueta, Plaza de toros de Jerez de la Frontera, Plaza de toros de Granada, Plaza de toros de Zaragoza, Arena de Arles, Arena de Nimes.
BULLFIGHTER'S STYLE:"El Juli" is a complete bullfighter in all senses, he also has a freshness of more than 30 different quites with the cape, some of them learnt in his journey in Mexico, others invented by him like the lopecinas or the escobinas (named after his parents' surnames) and recovering old passes.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:As mentioned above, El Juli is the youngest novillero to become a bullfighter at only 15 years of age. A record that he still holds. His long professional career has produced abnormal figures with 1829 bullfights. Julian has been awarded the Gold Medal for Merit in the Fine Arts. Julián López "El Juli" The boy who dreamed of walking out of Madrid's main gate. And who consecrated his legend, retired on the 1st of October 2023 at the Feria de San Miguel in Seville. Leaving a historic night to remember.
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