Morgan Barbançon

Morgan Barbançon

Morgan Barbançon Mestre and Vitana V (2015)
Personal information
Birth name	Morgan Barbançon Mestre
Full name	Morgan Barbançon
Nickname	Mushu
Nationality	French, Spanish
Born	(1992-08-12) August 12, 1992 Paris, France
Website	https://www.morganbarbanconmestre.com
Sport
Country	France
Sport	Equestrian
Coached by	Dorothee Schneider

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 back 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.

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

Event	Team	Individual	Freestyle	Horse
London 2012	7th	23rd	—	Painted Black
Tokyo 2020	9th	24th	—	Sir Donnerhall II

World Championships

Event	Team	Individual	Freestyle	Horse
2014 Caen	5th	15th	15th	Painted Black
2022 Herning	12th	32nd	-	Sir Donnerhall II OLD

European Championships

Event	Team	Individual	Freestyle	Horse
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

Event	Score	Rank	Horse
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

Event	Score	Rank	Horse
2007 Freudenberg	67.350%	12th	Discus 7
2009 Ermelo	-	52nd	Ahorn
2011 Kronberg	-	7th	Dankeschön