Tori Bowie, a 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).
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No cause of death was given.
“USATF is deeply saddened by the passing of Tori Bowie, a three-time Olympic medalist 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.”
The Orange County Sheriff’s Office in Orlando, Florida, said that 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.”
Growing up in Sandhill, Mississippi, Bowie was coaxed into track as a teenager and quickly rose up the ranks as a sprinter and long jumper. She attended the University of Southern Mississippi in Hattiesburg, where she swept the long jump championships at the indoor and outdoor National Collegiate Athletics Association events in 2011.
Bowie turned in an electric performance at the 2016 Rio Olympics, where she won silver in the 100m and bronze in the 200m. She then ran the anchor leg on a 4x100m team with Tianna Bartoletta, Allyson Felix and English Gardner to take gold.
A year later, she won the 100m at the 2017 world championships in London. She also helped the 4x100m team to gold.
“She was a very enthusiastic, sparkling personality,” said track coach Craig Poole, who worked with Bowie early in her career and again later. “She was really fun to work with.”
The track and field community mourned the loss of Bowie on social media.
Jamaican sprint sensation Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce write on Twitter: “My heart breaks for the family of Tori Bowie. A great competitor and source of light. Your energy and smile will always be with me. Rest in peace.”
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