(Los Angeles) American sprinter Tori Bowie, Olympic vice-champion in the 100m in 2016 then world champion in 2017, died in early May of complications related to pregnancy, according to the autopsy report released by several American media. Monday.
The 32-year-old athlete was found dead at her home in Orange County, Florida, by a sheriff’s team dispatched to the scene, her relatives worrying that she could not reach her.
According to USA Today, the autopsy revealed that Frentorish “Tori” Bowie was eight months pregnant and had gone into labor at the time of her death.
She may have succumbed to complications related to her pregnancy, including eclampsia which results in potentially fatal seizures associated with high blood pressure, according to the autopsy.
The news of the sudden disappearance of the champion had aroused great emotion in the world of athletics.
Born August 27, 1990 in Sand Hill, rural Mississippi, raised by her grandmother, Tori Bowie transitioned from long jump to sprint in 2014, setting the world’s best performance in the 100m that year, in 1080 during the Monaco competition.
She then forged a big track record in a dazzling fashion, first by winning three Olympic medals in 2016 in Rio with gold in the 4x100m relay, silver in the 100m behind Jamaica’s Elaine Thompson-Herah and bronze 200m.
The following year, in London, Tori Bowie became world champion in the straight line, winning in 1085, and also took part in Team USA’s golden relay in the 4x100m relay.
