At 25 years of age, Tori Bowie won three medals at the Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games and was a role model. Seven years later, the athlete was found dead in her Florida home, at the age of 32, and the reasons for her death have not been disclosed.
The agency that represented the American athlete, Icon, confirmed the death of the athlete through a statement. “We are heartbroken to share the very sad news that Tori Bowie has passed away.. We have lost a client, a dear friend, daughter and sister. Tori was a champion… A beacon of light that shined so bright! We are truly heartbroken and our prayers are with family and friends.”
Tori Bowie’s body was found without signs of violence
According to L’Equipe and the AP Agency, the athlete’s body was found by elements of the Florida police during the afternoon of Tuesday, May 2. She was looking for the athlete who had not been heard from in previous days, for which she went to her home.
“Police say they did not find any items at the scene that would suggest a crime,” indica the French newspaper.
Tori Bowie: From abandonment to Olympic success
Tori Bowie reached the top of Olympic sport in 2016 after living a complex childhood, because together with her sister, Tamarra, She was delivered by her mother to a shelter, from which she was released thanks to her grandmother, Bobbie Smith.who was in charge of raising the two in Sandhill, a rural area of Mississipi.
Their grandmother guided Tamarra and Tori Bowie under a certain discipline, so that she was strict in academic development, therefore Tori came to the University of Southern Mississippi, where she stood out as a long jump athlete, a discipline in which she became a national champion. At par, studied and graduated with a degree in psychology.
However, Tori was driven to speed competitions and thus reached the queen test of athletics, the 100-meter dash, a test in which she won the medal of silver at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics, in which he also conquered the bronze in the 200 meter dash and gold in the 4×100 relay event.
In 2015, he won bronze in the 100-meter dash at the 2015 Beijing World Cup and later claimed gold at the 2017 London World Cup.
The decline and retirement of athletics
In 2019 he returned to a World Cup, in Doha, where he did not compete in the speed tests, but in the long jump, and finished in fourth place. In that same year he made his last publication in his instagram account, in which he celebrated his fourth place.
“Finishing fourth in the world considering I’ve been out for 5 years is a great achievement for me. I already want Tokyo to arrive. To all of you chasing your dreams, keep up your courage and determination! I know I will make it”shared.
Tori Bowie did not qualify for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. He only competed five times in the sprint events and he ended his career in 2022at 31 years of age, and today is part of an eternal legacy.
