The former Olympic and global champion sprinter Tori Bowie has died on the age of 32, her control corporate showed on Wednesday.
“My heart breaks for the family of Tori Bowie.” wrote the three-time Olympic champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce on Twitter. “A great competitor and source of light. Your energy and smile will always be with me. Rest in peace.”
Bowie used to be discovered useless at his house in Florida. A explanation for dying has now not been launched.
“USATF is deeply saddened by the passing of Tori Bowie, a three-time Olympic medalist and two-time world champion,” Max Siegel, the CEO of USA Track and Field, mentioned in a observation. “A talented athlete, her impact on the sport is immeasurable, and she will be greatly missed.”
The American gained 3 gold medals at the world degree. Her first got here as a part of america 4x100m relay crew on the 2016 Olympics. 2017 used to be much more a success: she added any other relay gold on the World Athletics Championships in London and gained particular person gold within the 100m, beating Ivory Coast’s Marie-Josée Ta Lou in a photograph end.
“I had no idea. All I knew was I wanted to give it everything I’ve got,” Bowie said after her victory. “Am I really world champion?”
She won two other Olympic medals: a silver and bronze in the 100m and 200m respectively in Rio in 2016.
Bowie was born and raised in Mississippi. She played basketball as a girl before her talent on the track became apparent after winning state titles in the 100m, 200m and long jump.
“I have in mind simply racing in every single place as a kid, like within the bushes, anyplace … I raced always,” she informed the Guardian in 2017.
She enjoyed more success at college after winning an athletic scholarship to the University of Southern Mississippi, where she won national titles in 2011 in indoor and outdoor long jump. She concentrated on that discipline after graduation before her explosive speed persuaded her to focus on sprinting in 2014. Bowie returned to the long jump in 2019, finishing fourth at the world championships. She did not attempt to qualify for the US team at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021.
Bowie was known for his humility on the circuit. She was raised by her grandmother in the town of Sand Hill, which had fewer than 100 people, but her talent propelled her to the global stage.
“One day I’m hoping that I will be able to come to Sand Hill and there may be this large signal that claims, ‘Welcome to Sand Hill, house of Tori Bowie,'” she mentioned in 2016.