Manuel Ángel Andrada Ballesteros (9 January 1890 – 21 September 1962) was an Argentine nine-goal polo player who won the gold medal in the 1936 Summer Olympics.
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| Born | September 1, 1890 Coronel Suárez, Argentina[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Died | September 21, 1962 (aged 72) Laguna del Sauce, Córdoba Province, Argentina | ||||||||||||||
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Early life
editManuel Andrada was born in 1890 on an estancia in Curumalal near Coronel Suárez, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina.[2][3] He worked as a horse trainer and later took up polo.[4]
Polo career
editHe was a nine-goaler.[3] His team won the Pacific Coast Polo Championship in 1930.[2][3] The following year, in 1931, he was on the winning team of the U.S. Open Polo Championship.[2][3] Moreover, his team won the Campeonato Argentino Abierto de Polo in 1930, 1931, 1933, 1935, 1938 and 1939.[2]
He was part of the Argentine polo team, which won the gold medal at the 1936 Summer Olympics.[3][5] He played both matches in the tournament, the first against Mexico and the final against Great Britain.[5] He was the oldest sportsman to receive an Olympic gold medal according to the Guinness World Records.[3]
He was nicknamed "Paisano" (′peasant′).[2] He has been called, "the first Argentine-born star player" by polo historian Horace Laffaye.[3]
Personal life
editHe had three sons: Manuel, Oscar and Eduardo.[2]
Death
editHe died in 1962 in Laguna del Sauce, Córdoba Province, Argentina.[2][3]
Legacy
editHis descendants own the Paisano Polo Club in Río Cuarto, Córdoba Province, Argentina.[4]
References
edit- ^ "Olympedia – Manuel Andrada". www.olympedia.org. Retrieved 22 January 2024.
- ^ a b c d e f g Horace A. Laffaye, Polo in Argentina: A History. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company. 2014. pp. 203-205
- ^ a b c d e f g h Horace A. Laffaye, The Polo Encyclopedia, Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Co., 2004, p. 11
- ^ a b Paisano Polo Club
- ^ a b DatabaseOlympics Archived 2007-02-09 at the Wayback Machine
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