Jorge Elich is a young Spanish lion tamer. He holds the Guinness World Record for being the youngest lion tamer in the world. His most recent documented performance was in the Circus Paris in El Ejido

El Ejido

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, near Almeria

Almería

Almería is a city in Andalusia, Spain, on the Mediterranean Sea. It is the capital of the province of the same name.-Toponym:Tradition says that the name Almería stems from the Arabic المرية Al-Mariyya: "The Mirror", comparing it to "The Mirror of the Sea"...

, Spain

Spain

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, in January 2008. Jorge, the youngest of six siblings, took over from his ailing father when he was 5 years old.

See also

• Michelito Lagravere
  Michelito Lagravere
  Michel Lagravere Peniche , better known as Michelito, is a French Mexican child bullfighter.The son of French-born former matador Michel Lagravere and Mexican Diana Peniche Marenco, Michelito claims to have started bullfighting at the age of five, and credits his love for the sport to being...
  
  , young Mexican bullfighter.
• Rafita Mirabal
  Rafita Mirabal
  Rafita Mirabal from the Mexican state of Aguascalientes is believed to be the world's youngest bullfighter. He was discovered in a bullfighting school in his home state and has performed at least 24 fights from 2005 to April 2006 and several more since then. He enters the arena with only a red...
  
  , young Mexican bullfighter.