Mike Azzaro

Mike Azzaro is an American professional polo player from San Antonio, Texas, who held the sport's highest handicap of ten goals for over ten years and later played at six goals. Polo magazine named him Young Player of the Year in 1987 and 1990 and Player of the Year in 1994, and he is known for an aggressive forward style. He formed one of polo's strongest pairings with the five-time Player of the Year Memo Gracida. His teams have included Gehache, Outback, Isla Carroll, Grants Farm Manor and Retama II, all winners of the U.S. Open, and with Zacara he won the U.S. Open in 2012 and was named most valuable player. In 2017 he was named most valuable player at the U.S. Trust Cup in Buenos Aires.