Amy Tryon
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| Born | February 24, 1970 Redmond, Washington | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | April 12, 2012 (aged 42) Duvall, Washington | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Amy Tryon (February 24, 1970 – April 12, 2012) was an American equestrian.
Tryon was born in Redmond, Washington. She won a bronze medal in team eventing at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, along with Kimberly Severson, John Williams, Darren Chiacchia, and Julie Richards. She also competed in individual eventing, placing sixth.[1]
She won an individual bronze medal at the 2006 World Championship in Aachen. Amy and her horse, Poggio II, went on to represent the U.S. at the 2008 Olympics in Hong Kong.
Horse death at KY Rolex
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At the Rolex Kentucky cross-country on April 28, 2007, Amy Tryon jumped the last fence and completed approximately the final 30 seconds of the course after her mount, Le Samurai, had sustained what later proved to be a fatal injury. The horse was lame, and Tryon chose to jump the last jump, which resulted in the injury becoming irreparable. Tryon was found guilty of abuse following the fatal injury.[2]
Death
[edit]Tryon was found dead at her home in Duvall, Washington,[3] on April 12, 2012.[4] According to King County Medical Examiner's Office, Tryon died of an accidental drug overdose. Toxicology reports showed toxic levels of oxycodone, diphenhydramine, alprazolam, lorazepam, diazepam, and temazepam in her system at the time of her death.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ "Profile: Amy Tryon". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 9 January 2012.
- ^ "Amy Tryon Found Guilty of Abuse". Horse Sport. 2007-07-24. Retrieved 2024-07-17.
- ^ Kat Netzler (April 12, 2012). "Amy Tryon Passes Away". The Chronicle of the Horse. Retrieved 15 April 2012.
- ^ "Olympic horse died of overdose". Fox Sports. Associated Press. June 20, 2012. Retrieved June 20, 2012.
- ^ Equestrian Amy Tryon died of accidental overdose KING5.COM Archived June 23, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
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