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2008 World Polo Championship
The 2008 World Polo Championship, eight edition, took place in Mexico during May 2008 and was won by Chile. Background This event will bring together eight teams from around the world in the Campo Marte of the Mexican capital, where they will play the finals, and all three pitches Tecamac Polo Club, located in the state of Mexico, the Federal District neighboring entity. Already confirmed the selections are classified as at the end of 2007 completed the classification process. The seleccions participating are: Brazil, as reigning world champion in the category; Mexico, as host country, Canada, New Zealand, England, South Africa, Spain and Chile. Mexico received the headquarters of the event thanks to the work of the entrepreneur Pablo Rincón Gallardo Corcuera, known as Mr.Polo in the Mexican community in the years and winner of 70 Cup Avila Camacho and Eduardo Sólorzano Barrón, holders Propolo century. The institution was unable to continue with the completion of the project ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bachelet Y Campeones De Polo
Bachelet is a surname of French origin. It may refer to: * Alberto Bachelet (1922–1974), a Chilean Brigadier General, father of Michelle Bachelet * Alexandre Bachelet (1866–1945), French politician * Alfred Bachelet (1864–1944), French composer * Dominique Bachelet, American climate change scientist * Emile Bachelet, French inventor * Ido Bachelet, Israeli musician and scientist * Jean Bachelet (1894–1977), French cinematographer * Michelle Bachelet (born 1951), former President of Chile, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights * Pierre Bachelet Pierre Bachelet (25 May 1944 – 15 February 2005) was a French singer-songwriter and film score composer. He was also known as Andrew Bascon. He died of lung cancer in 2005. Personal life Pierre Bachelet was born on 25 May 1944 in the 12th ... (1944–2005), French singer-songwriter * Théodore Bachelet (1820–1879), French historian and musicologist {{surname French-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pablo Rincón Gallardo Corcuera
Pablo is a Spanish form of the name Paul. People *Pablo Alborán, Spanish singer *Pablo Aimar, Argentine footballer *Pablo Armero, Colombian footballer * Pablo Bartholomew, Indian photojournalist *Pablo Brandán, Argentine footballer *Pablo Brenes, Costa Rican footballer *Pablo Alborán, Spanish singer-songwriter *Pablo Casals, Catalan cello virtuoso *Pablo Couñago, Spanish footballer *Pablo Cuevas, Uruguayan tennis player *Pablo Eisenberg (born 1932), American scholar, social justice advocate, and tennis player *Pablo Escobar, Colombian drug lord *Pablo Iglesias Turrión, Spanish politician *Pablo Francisco, Chilean American comedian * Pablo Galdames, Chilean footballer *Pablo P. Garcia, Filipino politician *Pablo Hernández Domínguez, Spanish footballer *Pablo Ibañez, Spanish footballer *Pablo Iglesias Simón, Spanish theatre director, sound designer and playwright *Pablo Lombi, Argentine field hockey player *Pablo Darío López, Argentine footballer *Pablo Iglesias Posse, Span ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Polo Competitions In Mexico
Polo is a ball game played on horseback, a traditional field sport and one of the world's oldest known team sports. The game is played by two opposing teams with the objective of score (game), scoring using a long-handled wooden mallet to hit a small hard #Ball, ball through the opposing team's goal (sport), goal. Each team has four mounted riders, and the game usually lasts one to two hours, divided into periods called ''chukkas'' or "''chukkers''". Polo has been called "the sport of kings", and has become a spectator sport for equestrians and high society (social class), high society, often supported by sponsor (commercial), sponsorship. The progenitor of the game and its variants existed from the to the as equestrian games played by Eurasian nomads, nomadic Iranian peoples, Iranian and Turkic peoples, Turkic peoples. In Persia, where the sport evolved and developed, it was at first a training game for cavalry units, usually the royal guard or other elite troops. A notable ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
