Roberto Cavanagh
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Roberto Lorenzo Cavanagh y Hearne (November 12, 1914 – September 15, 2002) was an Argentine
polo
player who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics
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He was part of the Argentine polo team, which won the gold medal. He played both matches in the tournament, the first against Mexico and the final against Great Britain.
His older brother Diego Cavanagh
was also a squad member, but did not compete.
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
polo
Polo
Polo is a team sport played on horseback in which the objective is to score goals against an opposing team. Sometimes called, "The Sport of Kings", it was highly popularized by the British. Players score by driving a small white plastic or wooden ball into the opposing team's goal using a...
player who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics
1936 Summer Olympics
The 1936 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XI Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event which was held in 1936 in Berlin, Germany. Berlin won the bid to host the Games over Barcelona, Spain on April 26, 1931, at the 29th IOC Session in Barcelona...
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He was part of the Argentine polo team, which won the gold medal. He played both matches in the tournament, the first against Mexico and the final against Great Britain.
His older brother Diego Cavanagh
Diego Cavanagh
Santiago Miguel "Diego" Cavanagh y Hearne was an Argentine polo player at the 1936 Summer Olympics.He was a squad member of the Argentine polo team, which won the gold medal. He did not compete in the Berlin tournament, but was a reserve player.His younger brother Roberto Cavanagh was also a squad...
was also a squad member, but did not compete.