Juan Martín Nero

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JM Nero (bottom row left)

Juan Martín Nero (born April 14, 1981 in Trenque Lauquen, Argentina ) is an Argentine polo player with handicap 10. He is one of the best players in the world and in 2017 was third in the world rankings.

Life

Juan Martin Nero had his first international successes when he won the Gold Cup Deauville (France) and the Gold Cup Sotogrande (Spain) with the Talandracas team in 2001 . Numerous other wins followed in Argentina, the USA and Europe, including the Cartier Polo World Cup on Snow (St. Moritz, Switzerland), the Gold Cup and the Queen's Cup (Great Britain) and the CV Whitney Cup (USA). In 2009 he has so far won the USPA Gold Cup (USA) with Lechuza Caracas.

In 2004 Nero played for the first time in the Argentine Open . In 2008 he was appointed to the Ellerstina team, where he was to replace Matias Mac Donough. With Ellerstina he won the first tournament of the "Triple Corona", the Tortugas Open, and a few months later he achieved his greatest sporting success to date, namely winning the Argentine Open. Subsequently, his handicap was raised to 10, making Ellerstina the second team, alongside La Dolfina , with a “perfect” team handicap of 40.

In addition to the teams mentioned above, Nero played for teams like Indios Chapaleufu I, Loro Piana, Jedi, Azzurra and La Lechuza Caracas.

He is married to Josefina Aldanondo and lives in Trenque Lauquen, in the province of Buenos Aires .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ranking ( Memento from July 18, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
  2. ↑ World Polo Tour player portrait
  3. ↑ Tournament victories on AAP ( Memento from February 23, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
  4. ^ Taking the Open
  5. ^ Report on the promotion of Nero

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personal data
SURNAME Nero, Juan Martín
BRIEF DESCRIPTION argentinian polo player
DATE OF BIRTH April 14, 1981
PLACE OF BIRTH Trenque Lauquen, Argentina