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Penelope LEPREVOST

Penelope LEPREVOST is a French athlete and competes in Jumping.
Name Penelope LEPREVOST
FEI ID 10016473
Gender Female
Date of Birth 01/08/1980
Competing for France - FRA
Registration Jumping 2025
Last update 24/05/2023
FEI Database





Jumping 70x70
Sport Specific Information
When and where did you begin this sport? She is from a non-equestrian family and lived in an apartment. She fell in love with the ponies at a circus and first tried riding at age three in Rouen, France. She entered her first competition at age six.
Why this sport? She was always interested in animals as a child and developed a passion for the sport, despite there being no equestrian tradition in her family. "I was quite a shy child but when I was on a pony, I was transformed. My parents think that it's thanks to horses that I came out of my shell."
Club / Team Ecuries de l'Eden: Mézidon-Canon, FRA
Further Personal Information
Family Daughter Eden Blin Lebreton
Occupation Athlete, Business Owner, Horse Trainer
Languages English, French
General Interest
Most influential person in career French rider Michel Robert. (lafashionerie.com, 13 Mar 2017)
Hero / Idol French rider Michel Robert. (Athlete, 04 Jul 2012)
Injuries She injured her right thigh after a fall from her horse at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. Although she continued to ride at the Games, she was forced to take a break from the sport once the competition was over. (worldofshowjumping.com, 01 Sep 2016)
Sporting philosophy / motto "Always take pleasure in the sport." (Athlete, 04 Jul 2012)
Famous relatives Her daughter Eden has taken part in international jumping competitions. (equlifestyle.eu, 12 Jul 2020; SportsDeskOnline, 14 Feb 2017; reiterzeit.de, 21 Nov 2016)
Ambitions To compete at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. (olympic.org, 26 Jun 2020)
Other information STABLES She and her daughter Eden run Ecuries de l'Eden in Mezidon, France. (ouest-france.fr, 04 Jan 2023) NEW START In February 2018 she ended her collaboration with the Haras de Clarbec stables, which meant she lost the ride on Flora de Mariposa, the horse with which she won team gold at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. She has since started working with a younger group of horses. "I had to start from scratch, reforming young horses. I felt like a teenager who has everything to learn. But the future looks good." (olympic.org, 26 Jun 2020; leparisien.fr, 05 Jul 2019; contre-galop.com, 20 Feb 2018) BUSINESS OWNER She runs 'penelope-store.com', a website that sells equestrian clothing. (penelope-store.com, 01 Nov 2021)