Mondeño

Juan García Jiménez (7 January 1934 – 5 January 2023), better known as Mondeño, was a Spanish bullfighter.

Biography
Coming from a low-income family, García entered bullfighting as a means of earning a living. He made his debut on horses in El Puerto de Santa María on 24 June 1956. He was the alternativa with Antonio Ordóñez and Manolo Vázquez on 29 March 1959 and was confirmed on 17 May 1960 by Vázquez. In 1962, he took part in the film La becerrada with Antonio Bienvenida.

After sustaining an injury, García entered the Convento dominico de Caleruega as a monk on 30 August 1964. However, he reappeared in March 1966 in Lisbon and in Marbella on 3 April of that year with Paco Camino and El Cordobés. After a very serious injury in 1970, he permanently retired and married his fiancée, Lolita Casado. After his retirement, he moved to Paris.

Mondeño died in Sanlúcar la Mayor on 5 January 2023, at the age of 88.