Three-time Olympic medalist Tori Bowie, a Mississippi native who sprinted to gold at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Games, was found dead in a Florida home, officials said Wednesday (3rd May 2023).
She was 32.
Her management company and USA Track & Field announced her death. No cause of death was shared.
* "We’ve lost a client, dear friend, daughter and sister," Icon Management Inc. said in a statement. "Tori was a champion…a beacon of light that shined so bright! We’re truly heartbroken and our prayers are with the family, friends and everyone that loved her."
* Orange County sheriff's deputies were asked Tuesday afternoon "to conduct a well-being check of a woman in her 30s who had not been seen or heard from in several days," an agency spokesperson said.
* The woman found dead in the Winter Garden home was identified as Frentorish “Tori” Bowie, and there "were no signs of foul play," the agency said.
* The cause and manner of death are pending, Orange County Chief Medical Examiner Joshua Stephany said.
* Bowie is best known for having anchored America's 4x100-meter relay team to gold in Brazil, leading a legendary squad of Tianna Bartoletta, Allyson Felix and English Gardner.
* Even though she was tasked with running the most important 100 meters of the race, Bowie insisted her duty that night in Rio was a breeze thanks to Bartoletta, Felix and Gardner.
* Bowie, a native of Sand Hill, Mississippi, also won the 100-meter silver and the 200-meter bronze in the 2016 Games.
* Bowie went on to win the 100-meter gold at the 2017 World Athletics Championships in London..
Source : NCB News