Amy Tryon

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, together with Kimberly Severson, John Williams, Darren Chiacchia, 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.

Horse Death at KY Rolex
Rolex Kentucky cross-country on April 28, when 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 Amy chose to jump the last jump, which resulted in the injury to be unrepairable. Tyron was found guilty of causing abuse for the ride.

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 drug overdose". The toxicology reports show toxic levels of "oxycodone, diphenhydramine, alprazolam, lorazepam, diazepam and temazepam" in her system at the time of her death.