The death of the fastest runner in the world previously at the age of 32

Tori Bowie, a triple Olympic medalist including gold in the 4x100m relay in Rio de Janeiro 2016 and world champion in the same event and 100m at the 2017 World Championships in London, has died at the age of 32, according to her management company and the IAAF. powers. “We are devastated to share with you the very sad news of the death of Torey Boy,” Icon Management wrote on its official website today.

“We have lost a client, a dear friend, a daughter and a sister. Tori was a hero…a beacon of light that was so bright! Our hearts are truly broken and our prayers are with family and friends.” Raised by her grandmother in rural Mississippi, Bowie switched from the long jump to sprints in 2014 and was the fastest woman in the world in the 100m race the same year. At the 2016 Rio Olympics, Bui won the gold medal in the 4x100m relay with her country, silver in the 100m and bronze in the 200m. Bui was also crowned world champion in the 100m and 100m relay at the World Championships in London in 2017.

The IAAF mourned Bowie in a statement on its Facebook page: “The IAAF is deeply saddened by the passing of Tori Bowie, the 2017 world champion in the 100m and multiple Olympic medalist. Our condolences go out to her family and friends.” Bui remains the only American sprinter to win an Olympic or world title in the 100m since Carmelita Jeter in 2011 in Daegu, South Korea.

Bui returned to the long jump competitions in 2019 and finished fourth at the World Championships in Qatar in her last major competition. She did not compete in the Tokyo Olympics, and her last competition overall was in June 2022 in the 200m in Florida.