Malin Birgitta Baryard-Johnsson (born 10 April 1975) is a

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, competing in

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.Malin Baryard
''Sports Reference LLC'', retrieved 27 January. 2010. Baryard started to ride at the age of six and went on to be a very accomplished

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.FEI Rider's Biography
''Fédération Equestre Internationale'', retrieved 27 January 2010. She won a gold medal in the Swedish Championships at the age of just 14. She married Swedish TV presenter in the summer of 2004, and made her TV-presenting debut in the autumn of 2004 on the SVT show ''Barbacka''.

Achievements

In the

1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, ...

, Baryard placed 49th in the individual competition, and the Swedish team placed 10th. At the 1998 World Equestrian Games, Baryard placed 66th individually and 12th team. At the 2000 Summer Games, she placed 20th individually and 7th in the team competition. At the

2002 World Equestrian Games The 2002 FEI World Equestrian Games were held in Jerez de la Frontera, Spain, from 10 to 22 September 2002. They were the 4th edition of the FEI World Equestrian Games, games which are held every four years and run by the International Federation ...

, she placed 12th individually and the Swedish team placed 2nd overall. At the 2004 Summer Games, Baryard placed 28th, while the Swedish team gained a silver medal overall. At the

2006 World Equestrian Games The 2006 FEI World Equestrian Games were held in Aachen, Germany from 20 August to 3 September 2006. They were the 5th edition of the games which are held every four years and run by the FEI. It was held in the Soers, a district of Aachen. The mai ...

, Baryard placed 107th individually and 12th team. Malin Baryard / H&M Butterfly Flip were awarded the 2003 FEI Best Horse and Rider Combination, having placed in the top ten in 21 competitions that year. The duo amassed a total of 1224 points, to finish the rankings 221 points ahead of

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/ Goldfever 2 and 222 points ahead of Markus Fuchs / Granie. That same year, Baryard placed third in the FEI World Cup Final with Butterfly Flip, in

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. In addition, the duo placed 7th in 2002, 6th in 2004 and 10th in 2007. Baryard also placed 7th with Corrmint in the 1996 World Cup Final, for a total of five top ten finishes in the event. In 2021, at the

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, Baryard placed 5th in the Individual jumping events. She won Olympic gold in the team jump event.

Discography

* 2004 – Spånka feat. Malin Baryard – ''Do You Wanna Ride?''

References

1975 births Living people Swedish show jumping riders Swedish female equestrians Olympic equestrians for Sweden Olympic gold medalists for Sweden Olympic silver medalists for Sweden Olympic medalists in equestrian Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics Equestrians at the 1996 Summer Olympics Equestrians at the 2000 Summer Olympics Equestrians at the 2004 Summer Olympics Equestrians at the 2016 Summer Olympics Equestrians at the 2020 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Norrköping 21st-century Swedish sportswomen 20th-century Swedish sportswomen {{Sweden-equestrian-bio-stub