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Olympic medal-winning sprinter Bowie mourned after death at 32

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three-time Olympic medalist and 2017 100m world champion, was remembered Wednesday as a rare athletics talent and warm friend after her death at the age of 32.</p><p>Bowie anchored the US team that won 4x100m relay gold at the 2016 Rio Olympics, where she also earned silver in the 100m and 200m bronze.</p><p>USA Track and Field and her management company confirmed her death a day after sheriff&#x27;s deputies in Orlando, Florida, found her dead at her home.</p><p>&quot;This is beyond stats and speed,&quot; retired US sprint great Justin Gatlin said on Instagram. &quot;Tori was a beautiful human being and had a smile that made you want to smile too.</p><p>&quot;A country girl that loved her roots. I remember sitting with Tori and listening to her stories of growing up and racing horses on foot lol. She was a fierce competitor and great teammate. A true legend that made her mark in our sport and hearts.&quot;</p><p>USATF chief executive Max Siegel said the federation was &quot;deeply saddened&quot; by Bowie&#x27;s death.</p><p>&quot;A talented athlete, her impact on the sport is immeasurable, and she will be greatly missed,&quot; Siegel said.</p><p>Icon Management tweeted they were &quot;devastated to share the very sad news that Tori Bowie has passed away.</p><p>&quot;We&#x27;ve lost a client, dear friend, daughter and sister,&quot; the firm said.</p><p>A cause of death was not immediately known.</p><p>The Sheriff&#x27;s Office in Orange County, Florida, said deputies had found the woman identified as Bowie &quot;when conducting a well-being check of a woman in her 30s who had not been seen or heard from in several days.&quot;</p><p>&quot;Entry was made into the residence and a woman, tentatively identified as Frentorish &quot;Tori&quot; Bowie (DOB: 8/27/1990), was found dead in the home. There were no signs of foul play.&quot;</p><p>Bowie, raised by her grandmother in rural Mississippi, converted from the long jump in 2014 and became the fastest woman in the world that year.</p><p>Two years later in Rio, she prevented a Jamaican clean sweep of the 100m medals when she finished second to Elaine Thompson in a time of 10.83sec with Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce third.</p><p>She won the 100m world title in London the following year and remains the lone American woman to win an Olympic or world 100m title since Carmelita Jeter in 2011.</p><p>&quot;I&#x27;m so heartbroken over this,&quot; 2012 Olympic long jump gold medalist Brittney Reese said. &quot;You have made a lot of us proud thank you for representing our state of Mississippi like you did.&quot;</p><p>&quot;This hurt,&quot; tweeted Will Claye, who has represented the US internationally in triple jump and long jump. &quot;Long live the champ, the sister, the daughter, the model and so much more!&quot;</p><p>Sprinter Tianna Madison posted a picture of herself and Bowie on Twitter as they celebrated the United States&#x27; relay triumph in Rio.</p><p>Fraser-Pryce, the Jamaican reigning world 100m champion, tweeted: &quot;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.&quot;</p><p>US Olympic athlete Lolo Jones also paid tribute to Bowie on Twitter, calling her an &quot;incredible talent&quot; and &quot;A beautiful runner.&quot;</p><div><strong>Like miracles </strong></div><p>Bowie received a hero&#x27;s welcome in her home state after her 2016 Olympic exploits, the governor declaring November 25, 2016 &quot;Tori Bowie Day.&quot;</p><p>Pisgah High School, in the small town of Sand Hill, displayed a sign designating &quot;Tori Bowie Lane&quot; on campus.</p><p>&quot;To see things like that and like this, it&#x27;s just like miracles, I guess,&quot; Bowie told the Hattiesburg American newspaper in Mississippi.</p><p>Bowie re-entered the long jump and came fourth at the 2019 world championships in Doha, her last major competition.</p><p>International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach said in a statement he was &quot;Shocked and deeply saddened to learn of the sudden passing of Olympic gold medalist Tori Bowie.</p><p>&quot;In this moment of grief, let me express my heartfelt condolences to her family and friends. The sports world has lost a true champion.&quot;</p><p>© Agence France-Presse</p>

Tori Bowie, a three-time Olympic medalist and 2017 100m world champion, was remembered Wednesday as a rare athletics talent and warm friend after her death at the age of 32.