 | A major contributor to this article appears to have a close connection with its subject.(May 2021) |
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.
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]
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]
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]
He has six tattoos. [1]
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