Nicolas Ezequiel Roldan (born December 4, 1982) is an American polo player and model.
Biography
Early life He was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina.Caitlin Keating, Galloping Into a World That Stretches Beyond Polo, The New York Times, July 20, 2012Barbara Marshall, Meet Nic Roldan, Wellington's hot polo prince, The Palm Beach Post, February 4, 2011Jane Ridley, A New York minute with Nic Roldan, hunky captain of Prince Harry's polo team, Daily News, June 25, 2010 His father, Raul Roldan, is a polo player who played with the Sultan of Brunei, as was his grandfather. His mother is Dee Roldan, an interior designer. He has a sister, Lupe Roldan. He grew up in Wellington, Florida. He started playing polo at the age of five. He graduated from Cardinal Newman High School in West Palm Beach, Florida.
Polo career He is an eight-goal polo player.Audi International Polo for the Westchester Cup , Guards Polo Club, Sunday, July 28 He owns thirty polo ponies. Nic also retrains off the track thoroughbred horses (OTTBs) to use as polo ponies.
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.Horace A. Laffaye, Polo in the United States: A History, Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Co., 2011, p. 347Kat Thomsen, Off the Field with Polo Prodigy Nic Roldan, GQ, May 18, 2010 The following year, in 1999, he was named polo's Young Player of the Year.
In 2010, he was captain on the polo team of Prince Harry at the Veuve Clicquot Polo Classic on Governors Island.
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.
Modeling career He has been a model for Wilhelmina Models. He has also represented Piaget SA, the watch-maker. He also appeared on Kourtney and Kim Take Miami, where he taught polo to Kourtney Kardashian and Kim Kardashian.
Personal life He has six tattoos.
References
External links Official Website Nic Roldan on Twitter