Nina Clarkin
Carina "Nina" Clarkin , b. Vestey, (* 1982) is an English polo player . With her handicap of 4, she is considered the best polo player in the country and is also one of the world's best. The AAP gave her a handicap of 9 for all women’s tournaments (as of January 2011).
Nina Clarkin's interest in polo was sparked by her family: her father, Mark Vestey, was a player with a handicap of 4 before a riding accident forced him into a wheelchair. Her uncle, Samuel Vestey, 3rd Baron Vestey , also played. Clarkin started riding at the age of two when her mother, also a rider, put her on a horse. She started playing polo when she was six.
In 2003 she won the Veuve Cliquot Gold Cup as a team with her future husband John-Paul Clarkin and the brothers Mark and Luke Tomlinson . Besides England, Clarkin plays in Argentina and New Zealand.
In 2006 she married John-Paul Clarkin from New Zealand . Her sister is Tamara Vestey, also a polo player.
Web links
- The Telegraph of May 21, 2009: Polo player Nina Clarkin: a life on horseback (English)
- Interview with Clarkin - accessed on 12 April 2010. (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Classification by the HPA ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ a b The Telegraph
- ↑ AAP - Polo Femenino ( Memento of the original from May 24, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
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| SURNAME | Clarkin, Nina |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Clarkin, Carina; Vestey, Nina |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English polo player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1982 |