Nic Roldan
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Nic Roldan | |
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| Born | December 4, 1982 |
| Occupation | Professional polo player |
| Years active | 1998-present |
| Website | Official Website |
Nicolas Ezequiel Roldan (born December 4, 1982) is an American polo player and model.
Biography
Early life
He was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina.[1][2][3] His father, Raul Roldan, is a polo player who played with the Sultan of Brunei, as was his grandfather.[1][2][3] His mother is Dee Roldan, an interior designer.[1] He has a sister, Lupe Roldan.[1] He grew up in Wellington, Florida.[1] He started playing polo at the age of five.[1] He graduated from Cardinal Newman High School in West Palm Beach, Florida.[2]
Polo career
He is an eight-goal polo player.[2][4] He owns thirty polo ponies.[1] Nic also retrains off the track thoroughbred horses (OTTBs) to use as polo ponies. [5]
In 1998, at the age of fifteen, the Escue team he played on, together with Sebastien Merlos, Juan I. Merlos and Stuart Erskine, won the U.S. Open Polo Championship.[1][6][7] The following year, in 1999, he was named polo's Young Player of the Year.[2]
In 2010, he was captain on the polo team of Prince Harry at the Veuve Clicquot Polo Classic on Governors Island.[1][2][3]
On July 28, 2013, Equus & Co sponsored United States team he played on, together with Polito Pieres, Marc Ganzi and Mike Azzaro, lost the Westchester Cup in overtime.[4]
Modeling career
He has been a model for Wilhelmina Models.[1][7] He has also represented Piaget SA, the watch-maker.[1][7] He also appeared on Kourtney and Kim Take Miami, where he taught polo to Kourtney Kardashian and Kim Kardashian.[2]
Personal life
He has six tattoos.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Caitlin Keating, Galloping Into a World That Stretches Beyond Polo, The New York Times, July 20, 2012
- ^ a b c d e f g Barbara Marshall, Meet Nic Roldan, Wellington's hot polo prince, The Palm Beach Post, February 4, 2011
- ^ a b c Jane Ridley, A New York minute with Nic Roldan, hunky captain of Prince Harry's polo team, Daily News, June 25, 2010
- ^ a b Audi International Polo for the Westchester Cup Archived August 21, 2013, at the Wayback Machine, Guards Polo Club, Sunday, July 28
- ^ "From Racetrack to Polo Field, Nic Roldan on Retraining the OTTB". Equine Info Exchange. Retrieved April 22, 2020.
- ^ Horace A. Laffaye, Polo in the United States: A History, Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Co., 2011, p. 347
- ^ a b c Kat Thomsen, Off the Field with Polo Prodigy Nic Roldan, GQ, May 18, 2010