{{Short description|Spanish bullfighter (1974–2026)}} {{for|the Cuban-American academic|Ricardo Ortiz (academic)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2026}} {{Infobox person | name = Ricardo Ortiz | image = Ricardo Ortiz.jpg | birth_date = {{birth date|1974|04|30|df=y}} | birth_place = Málaga, Spain | death_date = {{death date and age|2026|04|03|1974|04|30|df=y}} | death_place = Málaga, Spain | death_cause = Bull attack | occupation = Bullfighter }}
'''Ricardo Ortiz''' (30 April 1974 – 3 April 2026) was a Spanish bullfighter.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://elpais.com/diario/1997/11/23/cultura/880239610_850215.html|title=El torero Ricardo Ortiz, lesionado grave en un ojo|work=El País|date=22 November 1997|access-date=4 April 2026|language=Spanish}}</ref>
In 2002, Ortiz was arrested for drug trafficking,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://elpais.com/diario/2002/03/03/andalucia/1015111342_850215.html|title=Detenido el torero Ricardo Ortiz en una operación contra la droga|work=El País|date=2 March 2002|access-date=4 April 2026|language=Spanish}}</ref> after his vehicle was found with 200 grams of cocaine inside. He was sentenced to three and a half years in the Alhaurín de la Torre prison,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://elpais.com/diario/2002/07/20/andalucia/1027117336_850215.html|title=El torero Ricardo Ortiz es condenado a 3,5 años de cárcel por tráfico de cocaína|first=Lydia|last=Garrido|work=El País|date=19 July 2002|access-date=4 April 2026|language=Spanish}}</ref> but only served seven months in prison.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://elpais.com/cultura/2026-04-03/muere-el-extorero-ricardo-ortiz-embestido-por-un-toro-en-corrales-de-la-plaza-la-malagueta.html|title=Muere el torero retirado Ricardo Ortiz embestido por un toro en los corrales de la plaza de La Malagueta|work=El País|first=Antonio|last=Lorca|date=4 April 2026|access-date=4 April 2026|language=Spanish}}</ref>
Ortiz died after being gored by a bull at the Plaza de La Malagueta in Málaga, on 3 April 2026, at the age of 51.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lemonde.fr/international/article/2026/04/04/en-espagne-l-ancien-matador-ricardo-ortiz-meurt-encorne-avant-une-corrida_6676666_3210.html|title=En Espagne, l’ancien matador Ricardo Ortiz meurt encorné avant une corrida|work=Le Monde|date=3 April 2026|access-date=4 April 2026|language=French}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.heraldo.es/noticias/ocio-y-cultura/2026/04/04/azarosa-vida-ricardo-ortiz-torero-muerto-malaga-siete-meses-carcel-trafico-drogas-cogidas-2009285.html|title=La azarosa vida de Ricardo Ortiz, el torero muerto en Málaga: de siete meses en la cárcel por tráfico de drogas a las cogidas|work=Heraldo de Aragón|first=Joan|last=Losilla|date=4 April 2026|access-date=4 April 2026|language=Spanish}}</ref>
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