Robert Archibald (polo player)
Robert "Rob" Archibald (born January 12, 1984 ) is an Australian polo player living in England with a handicap of 6.
He commutes between his home in England , his native Australia and Argentina , where he trains with polo star Bautista Heguy . Archibald, who has only been playing the sport professionally since 2002, is considered a rising star in the polo sky. In 2007 he and his team won the Gold Cup in Deauville , France , and the Kerry Packer Challenge Cup. He was also represented at the Coronation Cup in Australia in 2008. At the St. Moritz Polo World Cup on Snow in 2010 he and his Cartier team won against the Julius Baer team . In the current world rankings, he is ranked 69th with 138 points.
Both his father and his two uncles were polo players.
In 2009 Vanity Fair magazine named him one of the ten hottest polo players in the world.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Profile on www.worldpolotour.com ( Memento of the original from February 20, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ www.australianpolo.com ( Memento of the original from October 27, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ www.vanityfair.com
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Archibald, Robert |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Archibald, Rob |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Australian polo player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 12, 1984 |