Adolfo Cambiaso
Cambiaso at the International Polo Club 2016 wearing his distinctive helmet colors of Argentina.
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| Personal information | |
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| Nickname(s) | Adolfito |
| Born |
15 April 1975 Cañuelas, Argentina |
| Website | www |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Polo |
| Rank | 1 (10-goal handicap) |
| Team |
La Dolfina (2000-present) La Ellerstina (1994-2000) |
| Achievements and titles | |
| World finals |
Abierto de Polo with La Ellerstina: 1994, 1997, 1998 with La Dolfina: 2002, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015 |
| Highest world ranking | 1st |
Adolfo Cambiaso (born April 15, 1975 in Cañuelas, Buenos Aires Province) is an Argentine polo player with a 10-goal handicap. Currently, he is ranked number 1, and considered the best polo player in the world. He is often referred to as Adolfito or Dolfi.
From a young age, his mother Martina de Estrada Lainez, encouraged her son and his half brothers to play polo. By the time he was 12 years old, his handicap reached 1-Goal. A year later, with a 3-goal handicap, he won the Eduardo Heguy Cup with the La Martina team, playing with his father (also called Adolfo). With the San Diego team he won in 1989, at age 14, the Campaña del Desierto Cup, and then a year later the Renault Cup Open with La Martina, reaching a 6-goal handicap.
Adolfito travelled abroad regularly, winning 24 tournaments in Argentina, the US and England, while playing for teams like La Martina, Ellerstina/Ellerston White and other. In 1994 he won the "Triple Corona" (Argentine Open, Hurlingham Open, Tortugas Cup) with Ellerstina and was promoted to handicap 10, at that time the youngest player to reach this.
He won 31 tournaments for teams like La Martina, Ellerstina/Ellerston White, White Birch, Outback and started his own team La Dolfina Polo Team in 1997 together with Bartolomé Castagnola.
In this period, Adolfo takes home 33 prizes. He stopped playing for Ellerstina, but became successful with his own team, which won the Campeonato Argentino Abierto de Polo (Argentine Open) in 2002. In England, he started playing for the Dubai team, which won the Cartier Queen's Cup three times and the Gold Cup twice among other tournaments.
Cambiaso's La Dolfina Team proves to be one of the best teams of the present, after winning the Argentine Open in 2005, 2006 and 2007. In 2005, the team defeated Ellerstina by 20-19, the highest score in an Argentine Open final match. He continues playing for Dubai in England successfully, but also became the team captain for Crab Orchard in the US, winning the US Open and the USPA Gold Cup. 2008 ended as a less successful year after not winning one match in the English polo season and not winning one of the prestigious Argentine tournaments. With La Dolfina he made it into the finals of the Argentine Open, but was beaten by Ellerstina 12-13 after a golden goal by Gonzalo Pieres (jun) in an extra-chukka.
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