Morgan Barbançon Mestre (born 12 August 1992 in Paris, France) is a French and Spanish Olympic dressage rider.^[1] Representing Spain, she competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London where she finished 7th in team competition and 23rd in the individual competition.

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Morgan Barbançon

Morgan Barbançon Mestre and Vitana V (2015)
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Birth name	Morgan Barbançon Mestre
Full name	Morgan Barbançon
Nickname	Mushu
Nationality	French, Spanish
Born	(1992-08-12) August 12, 1992 (age 31) Paris, France
Website	https://www.morganbarbanconmestre.com
Sport
Country	France
Sport	Equestrian
Coached by	Dorothee Schneider

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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.^[2]

Morgan started riding at an age of three in Switzerland and started dressage at an 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.^[3] In the recent years she has competed several horses on Grand Prix level, including Painted Black, Sir Donnerhall II OLD, Girasol, Bolero, Vitana V, Heimliche Liebe, Don Lorean and Black Pearl.^[4]

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.^[5]