Juan Matute Guimon
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| Full name | Juan Matute Guímon | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Nickname | Junior | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 14 November 1997 (age 28) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Equestrian | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Juan Matute | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| World finals | 2018 FEI World Equestrian Games | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Juan Matute Guímon (born 14 November 1997 in Madrid) is a Spanish/American equestrian athlete. He competed at the World Equestrian Games in Tryon 2018 and at various European Youth Championships. His father Juan Matute competed at the 1988 Olympic Games, 1992 Olympic Games and the 1996 Olympic Games.
Juan started riding at the age of 6 in Spain. In 2008 he moved to the United States where he relocated in Wellington, Florida where his father worked as a coach. In 2018 he gained the American citizenship after ten years living in the US. In 2018 he relocated back to Spain where he wanted to focus on his study International Relations at the Francisco de Vitoria University in Madrid and to establish his riding career in Europe. He started riding on the highest Dressage level already at an age of 16. He also represents the FEI at several media platforms and was the presenter of the FEI Awards in 2018 and 2019.[1]
