AP – Tori Bowie, the sprinter who won three Olympic medals at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Games, has died. She was 32.
Bowie’s death was announced on Wednesday by her management company and USA Track and Field (USATF). No cause of death was given.
“USATF is deeply saddened by the passing of Tori Bowie, a three-time Olympic medallist and two-time world champion,” USATF Chief Executive Officer Max Siegel said in a statement.
“A talented athlete, her impact on the sport is immeasurable, and she will be greatly missed.”
According to the Orange County Sheriff’s Office in Florida, United States deputies responded on Tuesday afternoon to a home in the area “for a well-being check of a woman in her 30s who had not been seen or heard from in several days”.
The sheriff’s office wrote that a woman, “tentatively identified as Frentorish ‘Tori’ Bowie, was found dead in the home. There were no signs of foul play”.
She attended Southern Mississippi, where she swept the long jump NCAA championships at the indoor and outdoor events in 2011.
Bowie turned in an electric performance at the 2016 Rio Olympics, where she won silver in the 100 and bronze in the 200.
She then ran the anchor leg on a 4×100 team with Tianna Bartoletta, Allyson Felix and English Gardner to take gold.
