Morgan Barbançon Mestre

Morgan Barbançon Mestre (born 12 August 1992 in Paris, France) is a French and Spanish Olympic dressage rider. Representing Spain, she competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London where she finished 7th in team competition and 23rd in the individual competition.

Barbançon competed at the 2014 World Equestrian Games in Normandy, France, where she finished 5th in team dressage, 15th in special dressage and 15th in freestyle dressage competition. She also competed at the 2015 FEI World Cup Finals in Las Vegas, Nevada, where she finished 8th.

She competes for France since May 2018.

Biography Morgan started riding at the age of three in Switzerland and started dressage at the age of 10. Morgan competed successfully in the youth division and competed at several European Championships for Ponies and Juniors. In 2012 she competed at the age of 20 at the Olympic Games in London under the vision of triple Olympic gold-medalist Anky van Grunsven. After eight years living in The Netherlands, she returned to Switzerland in 2018. In recent years she has competed several horses at Grand Prix level, including Painted Black, Sir Donnerhall II OLD, Girasol, Bolero, Vitana V, Heimliche Liebe, Don Lorean and Black Pearl.

Suspension In 2024, Barbançon Mestre was shortlisted for the French national team in consideration for the summer Olympic Games. She was later suspended from the team when she failed to comply with France's anti-doping agency to report her whereabouts for out-of-competition drug testing. She claimed the lack of compliance was due to technical issues, but the organization dismissed the appeal and extended her suspension to 18 months.

Personal life Morgan Barbancon is born to a French father and a Spanish mother. Her younger sister Alexandra Barbancon competes also in international dressage. She is fluent in French, English, Spanish, Catalan, Dutch and German.

Dressage results

Olympic Games EventTeamIndividualFreestyleHorse London 2012 7th 23rd — Painted Black Tokyo 2020 9th 24th — Sir Donnerhall II

World Championships EventTeamIndividualFreestyleHorse 2014 Caen 5th 15th 15th Painted Black 2022 Herning 12th 32nd - Sir Donnerhall II OLD

European Championships EventTeamIndividualFreestyleHorse 2015 Aachen 4th 14th 12th Painted Black 2019 Rotterdam 10th 27th - Sir Donnerhall II 2021 Hagen 9th 23rd - Sir Donnerhall II 2023 Riesenbeck 19th 16th 14th Habana Libre A

World Cup Final EventScoreRankHorse 2015 Las Vegas 76.161% 8th Painted Black 2018 Paris 76.4208% 10th Sir Donnerhall II 2019 Gothenburg 74.511% 14th Sir Donnerhall II 2022 Leipzig 76.986% 7th Sir Donnerhall II OLD 2023 Omaha 74.814% 10th Sir Donnerhall II OLD 2024 Riyadh 75.337% 7th Sir Donnerhall II OLD

Youth Dressage European Championship Final EventScoreRankHorse 2007 Freudenberg 67.350% 12th Discus 7 2009 Ermelo - 52nd Ahorn 2011 Kronberg - 7th Dankeschön