Gonzalo Tanoira (24 June 1944 – 17 December 2004) was an Argentine polo player.
Biography
He attained 10 goals in Argentina in 1970 and he was rated at 10 goals in U.S. in 1976. He won the USPA Gold Cup in 1982. He has won several thirty-goal World Cups played in Palm Beach, Florida. He was named World Cup MVP four times, in 1977, 1980, 1981 and 1982.
He has served as president of the Argentine Polo Association. He was inducted into the Museum of Polo and Hall of Fame in Lake Worth, Florida on February 13, 2009.
He died in 2004. His wife, Luisa Miguens, published Passion & Glory: A Century of Argentine Polo. His son, Javier Tanoira, published Reflections on Argentine Polo.
References
- ^ Museum of Polo and Hall of Fame, Gonzalo Tanoira's biography
- ^ Letemendia: Passion & Glory
- Pat Cannon, Cowboy Joe Barry Isn't Typical Polo Player, The Milwaukee Journal, August 12, 1978
- "Javier Tanoira: Reflections on Argentine Polo". Archived from the original on 2013-07-29. Retrieved 2014-01-07.
- Polo by Garrahan: Javier Tanoira´s thoughts of Polo
- Chris Ashton, Javier Tanoira: Reflections on Argentine Polo Archived 2013-02-16 at archive.today, PoloConsult.com
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