Mary Anne Tauskey (born December 3, 1955, in Suffern, New York) is an American

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and Olympic medalist. She was a member of the gold medal team in eventing at the

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, Quebec, Canada. Riding Marcus Aurelius, Mary Anne Tauskey placed 20th and, as the high scorer on the U.S. team, her result was not taken into account when calculating the team scores. She was also a member of the 1975 Pan Am Games eventing gold medal team and was named USEA Rider of the Year in 1977.

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1955 births Living people American event riders Equestrians at the 1976 Summer Olympics American female equestrians Olympic gold medalists for the United States in equestrian People from Suffern, New York Sportspeople from Rockland County, New York Medalists at the 1976 Summer Olympics {{US-equestrian-bio-stub