Corchito Zavaleta with his wife, Isabelle Strom.
This Tuesday, May 17, it has been two months since the Argentine polo player suffered a brutal accident Clemente Zavaleta, who fell off his horse while gambling while playing a tournament in Palm Beach, USA. There was almost complete secrecy between the family, with his wife, Isabelle Strom, and his mother, Golden Triplet María Eugenia Roussé, in the lead, about his state of health. However, silence in this case is not synonymous with bad news. Quite the opposite.
To his knowledge Clarion, the health condition of the players of the Alegría organization is gradually improving. And his relatives make sure that in the last two weeks he has “an amazing recovery” during his stay at a specialized center in Atlanta.
Several Argentine polo players who took part with him this season in the United States agreed that they spoke on the phone with Zavaleta, 36, who has gradually regained his mobility and even a few minutes walk to the clinic. They noticed him in a very good mood and even encouraged him to ask that he be saved a place on the team for the qualifying stage. of the Triple Crown of Argentina’s high disability.
The solidarity campaign to help Clemente Zavaleta.
However, Zavaleta must be step by step. In recent days, a collection has been initiated to collect donations to help pay for Corchito’s hospitalization at the Atlanta rehabilitation clinic.
“We ask our friends around the world to help raise funds for Clemente” Corchito “Zavaleta. Clemente suffered a horrible accident while playing polo. In an effort to help Clemente, and his family to alleviate some of the tensions during this difficult time, we are asking the polo community to come together and donate your best to help with medical bills and other expenses that the Zavaletas may be experiencing in these times “, says the message, sponsored by the Grand Champions Polo Club, to collect 800 thousand dollars. So far, more than 33,000 US currency bills have been collected.
The accident
Zavaleta sustained injuries to his head and brain stem – a blood clot had formed – in addition to several broken ribs and damaged lungs. Seven disabled, he was part of Canadian Fred Mannix’s Alegría team along with other Argentines Agustín Tincho Merlos and Juan Bollini (h.) Who participated in the high-level polo season in the United States.
The unfortunate accident occurred when his team faced Catamount, consisting of Pablo Pieres, Ignacio Novillo Astrada, Victorino Ruiz Jorba and Scott Devon, the team’s patron.
The match, valid for the Palm Beach Open, the third World Polo League (WPL) tournament to be held in the United States, was immediately suspended and unfinished.
The second chukker is played and the score is even with three goals per side. Very sad play where he was left in the air when he was looking for a loose ball and an opponent, who could not restrain himself, charged him and ended up knocking out Zavaleta and his wife.
Isabelle Strom’s post for her husband, polo player Cleemnte Zavaleta.
The strong impact caused a fall that led to his injuries and he lost consciousness for about 15 minutes until a helicopter took him to a nearby medical center.
There, the athlete fell into a coma and underwent emergency surgery to drain the blood clot in his head.“We are waiting for evolution”, said his intimate ones at once to stabilize him.
The family
Clemente Zavaleta and his mother Maria Emilia Roussé, one of the Golden Triplets.
Clemente is the son of a personality with a long career in polo, on and off the field: Clemente Cork Zavaleta, hence his nickname. But his mother, María Emilia, one of the famous Golden Triplets, he was the most famous in the family.
The entertainer and singer quickly traveled to the United States to be with her son and through her social networks she expressed her encouragement and appreciated the continued messages of support for Clemente.
Corchito Zavaleta has been married since 2014 to Isabelle Strom, a professional rider of whom they are the parents of little Olympia and Assia Eugenie. Her partner was the French heiress to the Birger Strom fortune.
Clemente Corchito Zavaleta.
When this tycoon passed away in July last year, he left his daughter at an incredible club located an hour’s drive south of Paris, in a bucolic area that included a castle. He was also the grandson of the French aristocrat Robert Zellinger de Balkany, owner of a large emporium of shopping centers in France and Belgium.
Both María Emilia and Strom were active on their social networks in the early days of hospitalization. In recent weeks, however, despite Clemente’s evolution, they have opted for privacy and discretion as step-by-step recovery.
Source: Clarin
