Early years
From an early age his mother, Martina de Estrada Lainez, encouraged her son Adolfo and his half brothers to play polo.The thrilling world of poloProfessional career
1990 to 1994
Cambiaso traveled abroad regularly, winning 24 tournaments in Argentina, England and the US, while playing for teams like La Martina, Ellerstina/Ellerston White and others. In 1994 he won the "Triple Corona" ( Argentine Open, Hurlingham Open, Tortugas Open) with Ellerstina, and his handicap rating was raised to 10-goals, the youngest player to attain this.1995 to 1999
He won 31 tournaments with teams like La Martina, Ellerstina/Ellerston White, White Birch and Outback. His awards included the '' Olimpia de Plata'' award as the most important Argentine polo player of 1997, and the best player at the final of the ''Abierto Argentino'' 1997, with a record 67 goals in the 1998 ''Abierto Argentino''.2000 to 2004
In this period Cambiaso took home 33 trophies. He left Ellerstina, and became successful with his own team, La Dolfina, which he co-founded with2005 to 2008
Cambiaso's La Dolfina team continued to dominate, winning the Argentine Open in 2005, 2006 and 2007. They defeated Ellerstina by 20–19 in 2005, the highest score in an Argentine Open final match. He continued playing successfully forCurrent
Today, he is considered the best player in the world and the most successful player in the Argentine Open, competing 15 times and winning 7, and played in the final another 2 times. He scored 535 goals in the Argentine Open alone, breaking the record held by Bautista Heguy with 531 goals. He played for the Argentina national team since 2002 when they won the ''Copa Quilmes''.Horses
Of his horses, the most notable were ''Lili'', ''Ilusión'', ''Sospechosa'', ''La Osa'', and his favourite ''Colibrí''. His most recognized horses included ''Mambo'', ''Bruma'' and ''Dolfina Cuartetera''. For the 2015 U.S. Open, his best horses were the mare Romana and the stallion Boeing, known as the "American Pharoah" of the polo world.Cloning
At age 25 Cambiaso decided to create his own breeding business from scratch, as well as the polo team La Dolfina. Today he has nearly 1000 horses on his extensive farms. One of his best polo ponies was a world-famous stallion, . The horse was seriously injured during the final of the 2006 Argentine Open, and suffered further setbacks in treatment of the broken bone in his near foreleg. The injury occurred in the extra chukka, and the horse was taken off in the horse ambulance, forcing Cura's early retirement from the field. After amputation a prosthesis was fitted, but due to complications Aiken Cura had to be euthanized in January 2007, but not before live skin cells were harvested at Cambiaso's request in the event cloning became possible. Cambiaso pioneered the horsePersonal life
In 2001 Cambiaso married former model and Argentine television presenter María Vázquez. He has three children: Mia (born 2002), Adolfo Jr (born 2005)—who was born during the Argentine Polo Open in the middle of a qualifier against Centauros-Beaufort, which his father left half-way through in order to be present at the birth—and Myla (born 2010).Awards and recognition
He won the Platinum Konex Award in 2000 and 2010 as the best poloist of each decade in Argentina. On 24 June 2012,References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Cambiaso, Adolfo Argentine sportspeople of Italian descent Argentine polo players Polo players from Buenos Aires Province 1975 births Living people