Juan C. Harriott Jr.

Juan Carlos Harriott, Jr. was an Argentine polo player. He was born October 28, 1936.[1] He was known as "Juancarlitos" to distinguish him from his father and was also given the nickname "El Ingles".[2] In 1953 he obtained a polo handicap of 1, and then was soon raised to 3 in the same year.[3] He reached a handicap of 10 goals in 1961. He stayed at a 10 goal handicap until his retirement in 1980. He holds the record of having won the Argentine Open Polo Championship 20 times, the Hurlingham Open 15 times, and the Tortugas Open 7 times. He also holds the record with his team Colonel Suárez of 38 tournaments won. He won the Triple Crown four times (1972 , 1974 , 1975 and 1977), 2 of them consecutively. Representing Argentina he won in the Copa de las Américas in 1966, 1969, 1979, and 1980. He also won the Sesquicentennial Cup in 1966. In 1975 and 1976, with the Villafranca team, he won the Sotogrande Gold Cup, Spain.

Horacio Heguy and Juan Carlos Harriott Jr.
Juan Carlos Harriott Jr.

Tournament Results

Argentine Polo Open Championship (20): 1957, 1958, 1959, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978 and 1979.[4]

References
  1. Profiles in Polo: The Players Who Changed the Game Edited by Horace A. Laffaye
  2. Juan Carlos Harriott Jr. The Polo Legend Turns 80 By Alejandra Ocampo & Andrés Ugarte Larrain
  3. Juan Carlos Harriott Jr. The Polo Legend Turns 80 By Alejandra Ocampo & Andrés Ugarte Larrain
  4. Polo in Argentina: A History by Horace A. Laffaye
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