Iván Fandiño

Iván Fandiño Barros (; 29 September 1980 – 17 June 2017) was a Spanish bullfighter. He died when a bull named Provechito gored him during a bullfight at the bullring in Aire-sur-l'Adour in the south of France, only 343 days after fellow Spanish bullfighter Víctor Barrio had met the same fate.

Early life Fandiño was born in Orduña, Biscay on 29 September 1980 to parents whose roots lay in A Coruña.

Fandiño first donned the suit of lights in Laudio, Álava on 16 August 1999, He ended this difficult season with two further appearances.

In the 2003 bullfighting season, Fandiño took part in seven novilladas in which he reaped eleven appendages (ears or perhaps tails). On the afternoon of 28 September he performed at Moralzarzal, where after cutting an ear from each of his young bulls from the La Guadamilla ranch, he was proclaimed the champion of the Madrid novillero cycle. The 2004 bullfighting season brought Fandiño his baptism in blood: a bull calf bearing the Madrazo brand gored him in Balmaseda on 17 July, but it was deemed to be only a minor goring. He was certainly healed enough by the time of the important ceremony in the capital a few months later. he met Néstor García, his agent-manager. On 12 September 2004, Fandiño cut one of his ears at a bullfighting event.

Fandiño's 2016 season was going the same way until in Bilbao, during the city's Aste Nagusia ("Great Week" in Basque) festival, he "immortalized" Lagunero, a bull from the Jandilla ranch, in a memorable faena. His winning streak continued in Dax and Guadalajara until he fell, injured, at Úbeda. He nonetheless showed up at Zaragoza a few days later, only to be gored by a bull once again, this time seriously. After being attended at the bullring's own infirmary, when the injury's seriousness became quite obvious, Fandiño was transferred to the Hôpital Layné in Mont-de-Marsan, where he died of another cardiac arrest. The doctors who treated him could only certify his death. Indeed, according to one report, Fandiño was actually pronounced dead in the ambulance during the transfer to the Hôpital Layné.

Fandiño's body was driven overnight from Mont-de-Marsan to a funeral home in Amurrio, Álava. There, tributes in the shape of funerary wreaths from those in the bullfighting world wishing to express their condolences began to arrive in considerable numbers. Among bullfighters who sent wreaths were Enrique Ponce, Sebastián Castella, and Diego Urdiales. Fandiño's family considered the big one signed by Víctor Barrio's family to be "very special". Fandiño's remains were cremated in Laudio on 19 June 2017, only two days after his death, and a funeral was conducted in the bullfighter's birthplace, Orduña.

Shortly after this homage had been paid in Orduña, Bilbao unveiled another monument dedicated to the bullfighter on 19 August 2018. The sculptural set is sculptor Jesús Lizaso's work, and it can be found at the entrance to the Vista Alegre bullring in Bilbao. It was executed in steel; on one of the walls that represent a fronton court, the bullfighter's engraved name can be read. On hand for the unveiling were kin, authorities, and people from the bullfighting world, as well as representatives of Basque pelota, a sport of which Fandiño was a fan.

Unveiled on 29 September 2019 – which would have been Fandiño's 39th birthday – at the entrance to the Arènes Maurice-Lauche bullring in Aire-sur-l'Adour, the scene of the bullfighter's death, was yet another monument in his memory. Like the one in Orduña, this one was Sergio del Amo's work. It was a project of the French Board of Bullfighting Clubs and was funded by popular subscription.

Prizes and awards

2018 "Manolete Trophy" awarded posthumously. Guadalajara establishes the "Iván Fandiño Prize". 2017 Trophy for Season Champion at Arles 2017, awarded by the Bullfighting Commission. Popular Guadalajara. Nueva Alcarria 2017.

Golden Ear 2017 from Radio Nacional de España, awarded posthumously. 2016 Best faena at the Feria de Tafalla 2016. Tafallés Bullfighting Club.

2015 XXIV Virgin of the Macarena Trophy to the Champion of the Feria de Medellín.

Prize for the best faena in the Peña Alcarreña group. 2014 Champion of the Feria de Estella 2014. " Villacarrillo Silver Muleta, awarded by Peña Taurina Sol y Sombra de Villacarrillo. Champion of the Feria en Palencia, ruling from the Feria San Antolín Jury.

Champion of the Feria en Pamplona, awarded by el Diario de Navarra. I Chicote Trophy. Best faena at the Feria de Soria, awarded by the company Vin Tauromaquia XXI. XXIV Silver Estoc. Best estocada at the Feria de Soria, awarded by "Peña Taurina Soriana". XXXIII Silver Ear. Best faena including the suprema stage in Soria, awarded by "Peña Taurina Soriana". XXIV Segundo Ayllón Bullfighting Trophy. Champion of the Feria en Soria, awarded by Soria council.

2013 Prize for Best Bullfighter at the Feria de San Isidro 2013, awarded by Telemadrid. Best faena at the fiestas del santo "The Miraculous Wheel" in Santo Domingo de la Calzada. "Club Taurino Calceatense".

Golden Ear 2013 season's Champion, from Radio Nacional de España.

Best faena at the Feria de San Isidro. Taurodelta. Best estocada at the Feria de San Isidro. Taurodelta. Cordobés Hat for the "most bullfighting work", Feria San Isidro. Casa de Córdoba. Depth Trophy, Feria San Isidro. Alamares de oro.

Best estocada at the Feria de San Fermín, Pamplona. Club taurino. Best faena, Feria de Julio, Valencia. Diputación de Valencia. Best estocada at the Feria de Julio, Valencia. Diputación de Valencia. César Girón Champion, Arles. Club Taurino Paul Ricard. XXXII Silver Ear, best faena, including the suprema stage, Feria de Soria. "Peña Taurina Soriana".

Best bullfight, Feria de Logroño. Club Taurino Logroñés. Best quite, Feria de Logroño. Peña taurina El Quite. VII Best faena, Feria de El Pilar de Zaragoza. "Rincón Taurino el Mentidero".

Champion 2013 temporada, southwest of France. Asociación clubs taurinos Paul Ricard. Champion at the Feria de Ciudad. Royal Council of Ciudad Real.

Best estocada, Feria de San Isidro. Club Taurino Villa de Pinto.

Most artistic faena, Feria de San Isidro. Restaurante Man de Alpedrete. Best faena, Feria de Maracaibo. Mayor's office and Municipal Bullfighting Commission. Bullfighter of the Year in France. Claude Popelin. 2012 Best faena at the Feria de Ambato (Ecuador).

Best faena, Feria de Salamanca from Salamanca City Council. Best faena, Feria de Salamanca from "Peña Taurina Salmantina".

Season's Champion in the southwest of France, French critics and informants. Season's best faena at the Feria de Dax. "Peña Taurina de Dax". Golden Ear 2012 Season's Champion. Radio Nacional de España.

Best faena at the Feria de Alfaro. Club Taurino de Alfaro.

"Los Sombreros de Radio MDM" as season's champion in France. Radio MDM de Mont-de-Marsan. Best faena of the XX Duitama Bullfighting Season. Empresa del coso Duitaurina (company).

"César Girón" Trophy of Arles. Club Taurino Paul Ricard. Madrid's Best Bullfighter, Feria de San Isidro. Telemadrid. 2011 VII prize to the "Revelation Bullfighter" at San Isidro 2011, awarded by Onda Cero Radio. XII "Bullfighting Fable" prize to the 2011 San Isidro champion from "Círculo Taurino Amigos de la Dinastía Bienvenida".

Sombrero Cordobés for the Best Estocada at the Feria de San Isidro 2011 from the "Casa de Córdoba" in Madrid. Special Prize for his performance at San Isidro 2011, from the "Unión de Abonados y Aficionados Taurinos de Madrid". Special Mention by the jury of the XVII Bullfighting Prizes of the Casino de Madrid, for his performance at the Feria de San Isidro.

Prize for the Best Estocada at the Feria de Pamplona 2011, from Club Taurino de Pamplona. Prize to the "Revelation Bullfighter" of the 2011 season, from Federación de Peñas Asturianas.

Prize for the best faena at the Feria de Iscar 2011, from Asociación Taurina y Cultural de Íscar. Prize to the "Revelation Bullfighter" of the 2011 season, from Hotel Ercilla (Bilbao).

"Pase de las Flores" Prize to the "Revelation Matador" of the 2011 season, from "Peña Taurina Victoriano de la Serna" de Sepúlveda (Segovia). Prize for the Matador within the "Enrique Ponce" prizes, from Club Allard de Madrid. Prize to the Best Matador 2011 from the VII "Villa Arrocera" National Prizes, from "Asociación Taurina El Quite de Calasparra".

XXI Santiago Apóstol Trophy 2011 to the champion of the Feria de Collado Villalba 2011, from peña taurina "Gallete". 2010

Courage Prize 2010 (VI National Prizes “Villa Arrocera”) from "Asociación Taurina El Quite (Calasparra)".

2009 Golden Pocha as champion of the Feria de Sangüesa (Navarre).

2008 Golden Pocha as champion of the Feria de Sangüesa (Navarre). 2007 Prize for the best quite at Bilbao's Aste Nagusia festival.