Gonzalo Pieres

Gonzalo Pieres won the Argentine Open nine times and has been on the winning team in the Queen’s Cup, Coronation Cup, Cowdray Park Gold Cup and the British Open. In 1994, he won the Argentine triple crown with Ellerstina, teamed with Adolfo Cambiaso, Mariano Aguerre, and Carlos Gracida.

In addition to his international titles, Pieres has had a significant impact on American polo. He came to this country as an 8-goal player and rose to 10, playing at Royal Palm and Palm Beach polo clubs. Through the 1980s and into the mid-1990s he was described as “the engine” of the White Birch team. Regarded by many as one of the greatest players in the world, he won the U.S. Open, the 26-goal Sunshine League several times, dominated the USPA Gold Cup with wins in 1983, ’84, ’86, ’87, ’88, ’89 and ’95, and won the 30-plus-goal World Cup at Palm Beach Polo at least five times.

Gonzalo’s sons are also extraordinary polo players, with high handicaps: Gonzalito (10), Facundo (10) and Nicolás (9).