Obit Irons
FILE-In this hand out file photo provided by the Association of Surfing Professionals, three time ASP world surfing champion Andy Irons surfs in the...
FILE-In this hand out file photo provided by the Association of Surfing Professionals, three time ASP world surfing champion Andy Irons surfs in the Billabong pro tour in Teahupoo, Tahiti. Phil Irons, the father of the 32-year-old surfer, confirmed his son's death Tuesday Nov. 2, 2010. The cause of death was not immediately known. (AP Photo/ASP, Karen Wilson,File)
Obit Irons Surfing
FILE - Thus July 31, 2005, file photo shows Andy Irons riding a wave as he competes in the U.S. Open of Surfing in Huntington Beach, Calif. The thr...
FILE - Thus July 31, 2005, file photo shows Andy Irons riding a wave as he competes in the U.S. Open of Surfing in Huntington Beach, Calif. The three-time world surfing champion has died. Phil Irons, the father of the 32-year-old surfer, confirmed his son's death Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2010. The cause of death was not immediately known. The younger Irons was found dead in a hotel room in Dallas. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)
Obit Irons Surfing
FILE - This July 17, 2010 handout provided by the Association of Surfing Professionals, shows Andy Irons competing at the Billabong Pro Jeffreys Bay ...
FILE - This July 17, 2010 handout provided by the Association of Surfing Professionals, shows Andy Irons competing at the Billabong Pro Jeffreys Bay surfing competition in Jeffreys Bay, South Africa. The three-time world surfing champion has died. Phil Irons, the father of the 32-year-old surfer, confirmed his son's death Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2010. The cause of death was not immediately known. The younger Irons was found dead in a hotel room in Dallas. (AP Photo/ASP, Kirston Scholtz, File)
Obit Irons
FILE - This July 31, 2005, file photo shows Andy Irons reacting at the U.S. Open of Surfing in Huntington Beach, Calif. The three-time world surfing...
FILE - This July 31, 2005, file photo shows Andy Irons reacting at the U.S. Open of Surfing in Huntington Beach, Calif. The three-time world surfing champion has died. Phil Irons, the father of the 32-year-old surfer, confirmed his son's death Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2010. The cause of death was not immediately known. The younger Irons was found dead in a hotel room in Dallas. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)
Obit Irons Surfing
FILE - This Feb. 27, 2008, photo provided by Covered Images, shows former Association of Surfing Professionals world champion Andy Irons competing in...
FILE - This Feb. 27, 2008, photo provided by Covered Images, shows former Association of Surfing Professionals world champion Andy Irons competing in the Quiksilver Pro at Snapper Rocks on the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia. The three-time world surfing champion has died. Phil Irons, the father of the 32-year-old surfer, confirmed his son's death Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2010. The cause of death was not immediately known. The younger Irons was found dead in a hotel room in Dallas. (AP Photo/Covered Images, Steve Robertson)
Obit Irons Surfing
FILE - This Dec. 14, 2006, file photo shows Andy Irons holding up his trophy as the Triple Crown of Surfing champion at Sunset Beach in Haleiwa, Haw...
FILE - This Dec. 14, 2006, file photo shows Andy Irons holding up his trophy as the Triple Crown of Surfing champion at Sunset Beach in Haleiwa, Hawaii. The three-time world surfing champion has died. Phil Irons, the father of the 32-year-old surfer, confirmed his son's death Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2010. The cause of death was not immediately known. The younger Irons was found dead in a hotel room in Dallas. (AP Photo/Lucy Pemoni, File)
A Texas county medical examiner has ruled out trauma and foul play in the death of surfing champion Andy Irons.
Irons was found dead Tuesday in a hotel room at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport during a layover en route to his home on Kauai. He was returning from Puerto Rico, where he was to compete in the 2010 Rip Curl Pro Search. He withdrew citing an illness he contracted in Portugal.
Tarrant County Medical Examiner Nizam Peerwani said Wednesday the cause and manner of death are pending due to completion of lab tests, which could take several weeks.
The 32-year-old surfer claimed the world championship in 2002, 2003 and 2004, and was a four-time winner of the prestigious Vans Triple Crown of Surfing. His wife, Lyndie, is expecting the couple's first child in December.
