Amy Tryon

Amy Tryon ( born February 24, 1970 in Redmond, Washington, † April 12, 2012 in Duvall, Washington) was an American eventer. She participated in two Olympic Games.

Career

Tryon had. By her mother, who himself rode, early contact with horses At the age of just one year, she got together with her older sister her first pony. At the age of five she rode first tests. She studied at Central Washington University in Ellensburg. Amy Tryon was initially working as a firefighter, equestrian, she ran the side as a hobby. This was followed with her horse Poggio II several championship appearances, including at two Olympic Games. Your biggest individual success came in 2006 when she won the individual bronze medal at the World Equestrian Games in Aachen. In the same year, she gave up her old job and was finally professional rider. Tryon was married for 16 years, her husband was also active in the fire station.

A low point in her career had Amy Tryon in 2007: Tryon rode the gelding Le Samurai at the Rolex Kentucky Three Day Event. Before the last obstacle to the cross-country course Le Samurai came to stumble and injured his, yet Tryon rode up to the target. After the ride the gelding was taken to a veterinary clinic, but had to because of the severity of the injury to be euthanized. The FEI Tribunal sentenced to a two- month ban and a fine. Minimises guilt was judged that they publicly apologized for their misbehavior, they have not then recognized the situation and respond correctly. In a deliberate behavior a penalty up to lifetime Ineligibility would have been possible. In addition, the organizer was admonished by the FEI Tribunal, the rider should have been stopped much earlier before the finish.

Amy Tryon died 12 April 2012 in her sleep, she had lain down to rest. On Sunday before a horse Tryon had dislocated his jaw, she was operated below. Consequently, it had taken, according to her husband, muscle relaxants, pain killers and " also evidence of some other things " to himself. At necropsy an (accidental ) overdose of opiates combined was found to be the cause of death.

Horses

  • Poggio II (* 1992, former name: Chesterstimetoofly ), brown English thoroughbred gelding, Sire: Polynesian Flyer xx, Mother Father: Toooverprime xx has sat as a race horse The horse took Tryon a small ad in the Seattle Times. Poggio, who was active as a race horse into a gallop race formerly was inserted here as a pack horse for mountain tours.
  • , Ridden Norcliff xx from 2007 by Elinor Mac Phail: Woodstock ( * 1994), English brown thoroughbred gelding, Sire: Candy's gold xx, mother father
  • Le Samurai (* 1995, † 2007), brown Holsteiner gelding half, Father: sabotage, mother father: Out of the east xx

Achievements

  • 2004, Athens: with Poggio II 3rd place with the team and sixth place in the individual standings
  • 2008 Hong Kong: with Poggio II 7th place with the team ( fall on the cross country course )
  • 2002 Jerez de la Frontera: with Poggio II 1st place with the team and 45th in the individual standings
  • 2006 Aachen: with Poggio II 4th place with the team and 3rd place in the individual standings
  • 2002 CCI 4 * Lexington: 3rd place with Poggio II
  • 2006 CCI 4 * Lexington: 5th place with Woodstock
Summer Olympic Games Equestrian at the 2004 Summer Olympics Redmond (Washington) Washington (state) Ellensburg, Washington Holsteiner horse Equestrian at the 2008 Summer Olympics
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