John S. Gobin is an American six-goal polo player.

Early life

John S. Gobin grew up in

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.Kristen Armstrong
Polo Changed His Life, and Now Gobin Works Hard to Give Back
''Sun Gazette'', July 9, 2007 He began playing arena polo in interscholastic competitions at the age of fifteen.Kristen Obadal
Horse Country: Captain Polo
''Washington Life Magazine'', 22 November 2011Gobin to manage Great Meadow Polo
, '' Fairfax Times'', April 4, 2007 From the age of seventeen to nineteen, he trained to become a polo player in

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Polo

He began his career by playing with polo patron Geoffrey Kent, the founder of Abercrombie & Kent. He then played on the Budweiser Polo Team. He is now a six-goal polo player.Horace A. Laffaye, ''The Polo Encyclopedia'', Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Co., 2004, pp. 139-140 He won the Westchester Cup alongside Adam Snow, Owen Rinehart and Robert E. Walton at the

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in England in 1992. He won the Camacho Cup on the American team against Mexico in 2009.Betsy Burke Parker
Great Meadow polo manager goes global
, ''Loudoun Times-Mirror'' He has competed on several USA Teams including for the International Polo Tour global polo matches and Team USA against Argentina. He has also played on the Duck Hill Polo Team at the

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.Dede Biles
Gobin: Polo in Aiken more competitive this year
, ''

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'', October 31, 2014 He has also won the U.S. Arena Championships four times and competed on the United States Polo Team against Italy in the America's Polo Cup winning the world cup in 2011. Today he plays on the IPT TEAM USA sponsored by Celebrity Cruises & Hotels at Sea global polo programs.Out On the Townsend: America downs England in historic challenge
''Polo Players' Edition'' He has been the manager of the Great Meadow Polo Club in The Plains,

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since 2007.

Personal life

He winters in Wellington, Florida, and summers in The Plains, Virginia.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Gobin, John Living people People from Rehoboth, Massachusetts People from Wellington, Florida Sportspeople from Palm Beach County, Florida Sportspeople from Aiken, South Carolina People from The Plains, Virginia Sportspeople from Fauquier County, Virginia American polo players Year of birth missing (living people)