American sprinter Tori Bowie, a three-time Olympic medalist and a two-time world champion in track and field, passed away in May 2023 at the age of 32.
Bowie was found dead at her home in Orlando, Florida after the local sheriff’s department said they went “for a well-being check of a woman in her 30s who had not been seen or heard from in several days.” The department said they were not treating the death as suspicious.
Bowie won three gold medals on the international stage. Her first came as part of the USA 4x100m relay team at the 2016 Olympics. 2017 was even more successful: she added another relay gold at the World Athletics Championships in London and won individual gold in the 100m, beating Ivory Coast’s Marie-Josée Ta Lou in a photo finish.
“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 a world champion?”
She won two other Olympics medals: a silver and bronze in the 100m and 200m respectively in Rio in 2016.