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In 1953 he obtained a polo handicap of 1, and then was soon raised to 3 in the same year. [3] He reached a handicap of 10 goals in 1961. He stayed at a 10-goal handicap until his retirement in 1980. He held the record of having won the Argentine Open Polo Championship 20 times, the Hurlingham Open 15 times, and the Tortugas Open 7 times. He ...
Ignacio "Nacho" Figueras Bermejo (Spanish: [iɣˈnasjo fiˈɣeɾas βeɾˈmexo], born March 4, 1977) is an Argentine polo player and model with a 6-goal handicap. [1] Dubbed the "David Beckham of polo", [2] Figueras is considered to be the most famous polo player in the world. He currently co-owns and plays for Black Watch Polo Team.
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Gerald Balding (1903–1957) - England's last 10 goal player Adolfo Cambiaso (born 1975) (h) - Argentina [ 1 ] Bartolomé Castagnola (born 1970) - Argentina [ 1 ]
Cambiaso at the International Polo Club, 2016, wearing his distinctive helmet colors of Argentina. Today, [when?] he is considered the best player in the world [3] and the most successful player in the Argentine Open, competing 15 times and winning 7, and played in the final another 2 times. He scored 535 goals in the Argentine Open alone ...
Enrique Padilla (born 12 June 1890, date of death unknown) was an Argentine polo player who competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics. In 1924 he was part of the Argentine polo team, which won the gold medal.
In 1967, he moved to England to play polo with Samuel Vestey, 3rd Baron Vestey in Stowell Park. [2] [3] In 1983, he was barred from the international polo field for a year for a bout of anger. [4] Héctor Barrantes enlisted in the Argentine Army during the Falklands War of 1982 between Argentina and the United Kingdom, but did not fight. [5]
Andrés Gazzotti (May 5, 1896 – 1984) was an Argentine polo player who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics. He was part of the Argentine polo team, which won the gold medal. He played both matches in the tournament, the first against Mexico and the final against Great Britain.