Malin Baryard-Johnsson

Malin Baryard-Johnsson is a Swedish show jumper, born on 10 April 1975, who began riding at six and won a Swedish championship gold medal at fourteen. She rode at the Olympics in 1996, 2000, 2004, 2016 and 2020, taking team silver at Athens in 2004 and team gold at the Tokyo Games, where she also placed fifth individually. With the horse H and M Butterfly Flip she was awarded the 2003 FEI Best Horse and Rider Combination after placing in the top ten of 21 competitions, and she was third in that year's World Cup Final in Las Vegas. She finished in the top ten at the final five times in all. Her team took silver at the 2002 World Equestrian Games. Outside the arena she made her debut as a television presenter in 2004 on the Swedish show Barbacka, and she recorded a track with Spånka titled Do You Wanna Ride.