Jorge Isiegas

Bullfighter Jorge Isiegas 

Jorge Isiegas Meléndez 

Date of birth: March 17, 1995 in Zaragoza. 

Debut in public: in a practical class in Venturada (Madrid), in 2010.

Light debut: in September 2012 in Valdilecha, pardoning a beef from Dehesa de Calvaches.

Debut with picadors: on September 12, 2015 in Becerril de la Sierra (Madrid), with Steers from El Retamar with Amor Rodríguez and Ángel Sánchez. He cut both ears of his second one.

Debut in Las Ventas: on July 22, 2017 with Pablo Atienza and Juanito, with steers from Guadajira. He cut an ear to the ‘sobrero’ of Couto de Fornilhos.

Alternative: on October 11, 2019 in Zaragoza, sponsored by El Juli and with Paco Ureña as a witness, with bulls from Núñez del Cuvillo. He cut an ear to the bull of his doctorate.

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With a bullfighting background in the family as he is the grandson of the bullfighter from Aragón Octavio Isiegas, with six years he moves to Madrid and enters the Bullfighting School of Madrid, where he was declared winner young bullfighter in 2012.

In 2014 he was ranked second in the ‘Zapato de Plata’ of Arnedo (La Rioja) and was a finalist for the ‘Alfarero de Plata’ in Villaseca de la Sagra (Toledo) and the ‘Bolsín’ of Ciudad Rodrigo (Salamanca).

After the debut with picadors, in 2016 the season ends with 4 bullfights and 7 ears cut. In 2017 he acts in 17 bullfights and cuts 18 ears, scoring in top places such as Valencia, Madrid and Zaragoza.

In 2018 he cuts a total of 17 trophies in 15 afternoons and in 2019 he takes the alternative, after five steer-bullfights where the triumphs in Zaragoza and Villaseca de la Sagra (Toledo) stand out.