--- description: A bullfighter in Spain was gored to death on live TV in the first death in the ring of a professional matador in more than three decades. title: Bullfighter in Spain Gored to Death on Live TV image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltacb2c2462395f4c1/69889b5bcf40a87ee2c43f10/bullfighter-gored-to-death.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Bullfighter in Spain Gored to Death on Live TV  by [Melissa Chan](/author/melissa-chan/)  ## Melissa Chan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 10, 2016 8:15 PM CUT  Spanish bullfighter Victor Barrio, 29, is carried out from the bullring after being gored during a bullfight held on the occasion of Feria del Angel in Teruel, Aragon, July 9, 2016. Spanish bullfighter Victor Barrio, 29, is carried out from the bullring after being gored during a bullfight held on the occasion of Feria del Angel in Teruel, Aragon, July 9, 2016.Antonio Garcia—EPA  by [Melissa Chan](/author/melissa-chan/)  ## Melissa Chan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 10, 2016 8:15 PM CUT A bullfighter in Spain was [fatally gored ](http://bigstory.ap.org/article/e1f2705cece14b018b311585bb9fc3dd/bullfighter-fatally-gored-spain-first-time-1985 "undefined")[on live television](http://bigstory.ap.org/article/e1f2705cece14b018b311585bb9fc3dd/bullfighter-fatally-gored-spain-first-time-1985 "undefined") Saturday in the country’s first death of a professional matador in the ring in more than three decades. [Victor Barrio](http://www.victorbarrio.es/ "undefined"), 29, died after a 1,166-pound bull flipped him and gored him in the thigh and in the chest, which penetrated a lung and his aorta, the Associated Press reports. “My condolences to the family and colleagues of Victor Barrio, the deceased bullfighter this evening in Teruel. Rest in Peace,” Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy tweeted. > [](https://twitter.com/marianorajoy/status/751867084074782720) Barrio was the first professional matador to die during a bullfight in Spain since 1985, when 21-year-old Jose Cubero Yiyo from France was fatally gored in Madrid, according to the AP. \[[_AP_](http://bigstory.ap.org/article/e1f2705cece14b018b311585bb9fc3dd/bullfighter-fatally-gored-spain-first-time-1985 "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4400271/bullfighter-spain-gored-tv/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4400271/bullfighter-spain-gored-tv/"},"headline":"Bullfighter in Spain Gored to Death on Live TV","datePublished":"2016-07-10T20:15:09.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-31T09:53:15.445Z","description":"He's the first professional matador to die during a bullfight in Spain since 1985","url":"https://time.com/4400271/bullfighter-spain-gored-tv/","keywords":["Spain"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltacb2c2462395f4c1/69889b5bcf40a87ee2c43f10/bullfighter-gored-to-death.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Melissa Chan","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/melissa-chan/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltacb2c2462395f4c1/69889b5bcf40a87ee2c43f10/bullfighter-gored-to-death.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Bullfighter dies at Feria del Angel","caption":"Spanish bullfighter Victor Barrio, 29, is carried out from the bullring after being gored during a bullfight held on the occasion of Feria del Angel in Teruel, Aragon, July 9, 2016.","creditText":"Antonio Garcia—EPA","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4400271/bullfighter-spain-gored-tv/","name":"Bullfighter in Spain Gored to Death on Live TV"}}]}] ```