Gonzalo Pieres

Gonzalo Pieres (Jun ) ( born December 17, 1982 in Buenos Aires ) is an Argentine professional polo player with a handicap 10 in the world rankings, he reached the end of 2009 first place

Life

Gonzalo Pieres, also Gonza or Gonzalito called, is the eldest son of polo legend Gonzalo ( Sen) and his wife Cecilia Rodríguez Piola. His siblings are Facundo, also a professional polo player, Tatiana Pieres (wife of Mariano Aguerre ), Nicolas Pieres and Cecilia Pieres. He is married to Maria Rapetti and lives in Pilar ( Buenos Aires Province ).

Pieres played for the first time in 1999 at the Argentine Open and has since competed every year. 2005 and 2007 his team Ellerstina was beaten narrowly by La Dolfina, both times. Due to a so-called Golden Goal in extra time 2008 Ellerstina defeated for the first time La Dolfina in the finals of the Open, as Gonzalo in the extension made ​​the winning goal. The game ended 13:12.

2009 was his most successful to date in terms of sport, year. In the U.S., he first won the C.V. Whitney Cup and the U.S. Open Championship. In the UK, he took victory in the Gold Cup for the British Open and in Spain the Sotogrande Gold Cup. In a friendly match in Deauville on 1 August 2009 (La revanche - Loop the final of the Argentine Open in 2008 ), he managed to defeat again with Ellerstina La Dolfina. In Argentina, he was successful in the Hurlingham Open and the Tortugas Open, and was therefore, as Ellerstina also moved again in the final of the Argentine Open, a candidate for winning the Triple Corona. However Ellerstina lost the final in extra time, which ended 17:16 for La Dolfina.

Except for Ellerstina he plays for Team Audi, Loro Piana, Outback, Ellerston and Black Watch. Outside of Argentina, he has been tournaments in Palm Beach (USA), Sotogrande (Spain ), Deauville (France ) and England won.