US Olympian Amy Tryon dies at 42
US three-day-event rider Amy Tryon has died at the historic current of 42 from an undisclosed cause.
The Washington-based passenger died inwards her slumber this forenoon (April 12).
Born inwards Redmond, Washington, Feb 24, 1970, Amy too her older sis got their starting fourth dimension pony when Amy was simply one. She started competing at the historic current of 5 too rode at her starting fourth dimension consequence when she was eight.
Tryon was a fire fighter until the summertime of 2006, when she retired to dedicate herself total fourth dimension to riding, basing herself out of Mapleleaf Eventing at Upson Downs inwards Duvall, Washington.
She works life her overstep horse, the one-time racehorse Poggio II, inwards a classified promotion inwards the Seattle Times newspaper. Together Tryon too Poggio represented the USA at 2 Olympic Games, Athens 2004 too the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games inwards Hong Kong, too 2 FEI World Equestrian Games, winning squad gilt inwards Jerez de la Frontera (Spain) inwards 2002 too private bronze inwards Aachen (Germany) inwards 2006.
Captain Mark Phillips, US of America Eventing Team Chef d’Equipe, said: “Amy was i of my starting fourth dimension developing riders on the West Coast too went on to live a regular fellow member of the squad for 10 years.
“We won the Worlds inwards 2002 too she was 3rd individually inwards the Aachen World Equestrian Games. We volition all immature lady her terribly. She was a key fellow member of the team, too was utilisation of about of our almost successful years.”
Amy Tryon is survived yesteryear her husband, Greg, who too worked at the Eastside Fire Department. The yoke were married for sixteen years.
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