Nacho Figueras
Nacho Figueras
Ignacio "Nacho" Figuerasis an Argentine polo player with a 6-goal handicap. As of September 2009, he is ranked as one of the top 100 polo players in the world. Sometimes called the "David Beckham of polo", he usually plays in Argentina and in the U.S. as part of the Black Watch Polo Team. He has also been the face of Ralph Lauren's Black Label line since 2005, and was recently chosen to represent the entire line of Polo fragrances...
NationalityArgentinian
ProfessionAthlete
Date of Birth4 March 1977
concept great people polo popular seen
I think the concept of polo that people had in the 1920s and the 1930s was much more accurate, when going to a polo match was seen as a great day out and great fun on a more popular level.
argentina born encouraged father involved loved main polo reason sports
I was born in Argentina where polo is popular, and my father always loved horses, so he encouraged me to play. He's the main reason I started to play polo and get involved with the sport.