Cristina Sánchez de Pablos was born in Villaverde, in the province of Madrid, February 20, 1972. She is the daughter of the banderillero, Antonio Sánchez. She entered the taurine life by entering the Escuela de Tauromaquia in Madrid.
Cristina appeared in her first novillada with picadors (after fighting 129 without them) in Ecuador, November 29, 1992, alternating with Carlos Yáñez (and the rejoneador, Ginés Cartagena), with novillos from Puchalitola.
After appearing in Colombian plazas, she appeared in a novillada in Valdemorillo, Spain, February 13, 1993 -- a "mixed" corrida with matadors Luis Seseña and Francisco Javier Martínez Paquiro, and animals from Fernando Peña.
July 8, 1995, she appeared (with Pepe Luis Gallego and Carlos Pacheco) in Madrid to kill novillos from Carmen Lorenzo. Her great performance in Madrid assured her return to that plaza, and she followed the triumph with acclaim in Seville and Plaza México where, on September 24, 1995, she appeared with César Alfonso Ramírez "El Calesa" and Diego Martín "Rubito," fighting animals from Santa Isabel. Another novillada followed, then successful campaign in the provincial cities during the summer of 1995-1996.
In 1996, Cristina fought 21 novilladas in Spain and triumphed again when she said goodbye to her apprenticeship days May 21, in the Feria de San Isidro.
Cristina took her alternativa in Nîmes, at the hands of Curro Romero, with José Mari Manzanares the witness, and the bull "Pocabarba," from Alcurrucen.
The '96 temporada was quite successful for Cristina with more than 60 corridas and more than 100 ears cut.
(Thanks to Televisa for the text from which this short biography was loosely translated by MT[I] -- our apologies, in advance, for any errors due to our limited translation skill.)
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