2016 Olympic Gold Medalist Tori Bowie Dies At 32

2016 Olympic Gold Medalist Tori Bowie Dies At 32

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Category : Obituaries Published on: May 06 2023

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  • Tori Bowie, an American sprinter and long jumper who won three Olympic medals and two world titles in the sport, died at the age of 32.
  • At the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, the sprinter took home three medals- gold in the 4x100-meter relay, silver in the 100-meter relay and bronze in the 200-meter race.
  • She also bagged the gold medal in the 100-meter race and the 4x100-meter relay at the 2017 World Championships. 
  • The World Athletics Championships in 2019, where she was placed fourth in the long jump, was her most recent major international competition. 
  • Her last official competition was in June 2022.
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