Gonzalo Pieres Sr.

Gonzalo Pieres Sr. is a former ten-goal handicap polo player from Argentina and one of the most successful players in the sport. He began traveling to the United States to play in 1980, when he held an eight-goal handicap, and within a few years it had been raised to ten. He won the Argentine Open nine times and the United States Polo Association Gold Cup seven times, and was on winning teams in the Queen's Cup, the British Open and the U.S. Open. In 1994 he won the Argentine Triple Crown with Adolfo Cambiaso, Mariano Aguerre and Carlos Gracida. He played for many years with Kerry Packer, and in 1992 they founded Ellerstina, a team that has taken multiple titles at the Argentine Open. His sons Gonzalo Jr., Facundo and Nicolas are also professional ten-goal players, and his daughter Tatiana is married to Mariano Aguerre.