Amy Tryon (February 24, 1970 – April 12, 2012) was an American equestrian. Tryon was born in

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. She won a bronze medal in team eventing at the

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, together with

Kimberly Severson Kimberly "Kim" Severson (born August 22, 1973, in Tucson, Arizona) is a highly successful international equestrian. She took several years of dressage lessons before training in eventing, and began with a background in Pony Club. One ...

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Darren Chiacchia Darren Chiacchia (born September 18, 1964 in Buffalo, New York) is an American equestrian. He won a bronze medal in team eventing at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, together with Kimberly Severson, John Williams, Amy Tryon and Julie Richa ...

, and Julie Richards. She also competed in individual eventing, placing sixth. She won an individual bronze medal at the 2006 World championship in Aachen. Amy and her horse Poggio II went on to represent the US at the 2008 Olympics in Hong Kong.

Death

Tryon was found dead at her home in Duvall, Washington on April 12, 2012. According to King County Medical Examiner's Office, Tryon died of an "accidental

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". The toxicology reports show toxic levels of "oxycodone, diphenhydramine, alprazolam, lorazepam, diazepam and temazepam" in her system at the time of her death.Equestrian Amy Tryon died of accidental overdose KING5.COM

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* 1970 births 2012 deaths American female equestrians Olympic bronze medalists for the United States in equestrian Equestrians at the 2004 Summer Olympics Equestrians at the 2008 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Redmond, Washington Sportspeople from King County, Washington Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics 21st-century American women {{US-equestrian-bio-stub