Nacho Figueras

Ignacio ( Nacho ) Figueras ( born March 4, 1977 in Buenos Aires ) is an Argentine polo player with a handicap of 6

Life

At the age of eight years, Figueras began playing polo. At 17, he played at various locations in Europe, in 1995 he played for Argentina in the Polo World Cup and reached a second place. In 1999 he went to New York, where he joined the team White Birch joined, which at the time Peter Brant and Neil Hirsch, president of the Bridgehampton Polo Club (Long Iceland ) belonged. He is the captain of the team Black Watch, which belongs to him, together with deer.

In September 2009, he was one of the 100 best players in the world. Figueras is called the Polo for its activity as a model and its appearance as David Beckham.

He mainly plays in Argentina and in the USA. Since 2004, Figueras is married to the former model Delfina Blaquier, with whom he has three children.

Model activity

Figueras modeling career began in 2000 for Ralph Lauren, after he was discovered by photographer Bruce Weber. He was the "face" of the line Black Label 2005, from May 2009, he represented the Polo fragrances Polo Black, Polo Blue and Polo Modern Reserve. In June 2009, he was voted by the readers of Vanity Fair behind Robert Pattinson and Brad Pitt before the second most beautiful man in the world.