Tori Bowie

Biographical information

RolesCompeted in Olympic Games
SexFemale
Full nameFrentorish "Tori"•Bowie
Used nameTori•Bowie
Born27 August 1990 in Jackson, Mississippi (USA)
Died23 April 2023 in Winter Garden, Florida (USA)
Measurements175 cm / 58 kg
Affiliationsadidas, Herzogenaurach (GER)
NOC United States
Medals OG
Gold 1
Silver 1
Bronze 1
Total 3

Biography

At the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics, Tori Bowie won silver in the 100 metres, adding a bronze in the 200 metres, and helping the USA win gold in the 4x100 relay. This made her one of only four women (through 2020) to win a full set of medals in track & field athletics at a single Olympics.

Bowie’s top international victory came a year later, when she came from behind in the last few metres to win gold in the 100 metres at the World Championships in London. She also won gold in London in the 4x100 metre relay. Bowie competed at two other World Championships, winning bronze in the 100 in 2015 and finishing fourth in the long jump in 2019.

Bowie started out primarily as a long jumper at the University of Southern Mississippi. She won NCAA titles in the long jump in 2011, both indoors and outdoors. She also competed at the 2014 World Indoor Championships in the long jump but failed to make the final. At the US Championships she won the 100 metres in 2015 and 2017 and the 200 metres in 2016.

Injuries limited Bowie’s career after the 2019 Worlds, and she did not compete at the 2020 USA Olympic Trials. She later worked as a model for Valentino and ESPN, but sadly died very young, at only 32-years-old. She was found dead in her home on 2 May 2023 after not being seen for several days, although the precise date of death may never be known.

Her autopsy report revealed she died from complications of childbirth, was about 8 months pregnant and “undergoing labor” when she passed away.

Personal Bests: 100 – 10.78 (2016); 200 – 21.77 (2017); LJ – 6.95i (2014), 6.91 (2013).

Results

Games Discipline (Sport) / Event NOC / Team Pos Medal As
2016 Summer Olympics Athletics USA Tori Bowie
100 metres, Women (Olympic) 2 Silver
200 metres, Women (Olympic) 3 Bronze
4 × 100 metres Relay, Women (Olympic) United States 1 Gold

Special Notes