Florida’s ORLANDO — American Olympic sprinting champion Tori Bowie passed away due to problems during childbirth, per an autopsy report.
Bowie, who brought home three medals from the Rio 2016 Olympics, was discovered dead last month. She was 32 years old.
According to the Orlando, Florida, medical examiner’s office report, Bowie was believed to be eight months pregnant and showing indications of giving birth when she was found dead on May 2. She was reportedly discovered in bed in a “secured residence” with potential consequences like respiratory distress and eclampsia. According to the autopsy report, “the manner of death is natural.”
According to the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, black women in the United States have the highest maternal mortality rate at 69.9 per 100,000 live births in 2021, approximately three times the rate for white women.
According to the Orange County Sheriff’s Office, deputies were called to a nearby residence in early May “for a well-being check of a woman in her 30s who had not been seen or heard from for several days.” Later on, she was recognized as Frentorish “Tori” Bowie.
According to an autopsy report, American Olympic sprinting champion Tori Bowie passed away due to problems during childbirth.
The toxicological findings were unfavorable, and the autopsy report noted that she had a history of bipolar disorder.
Bowie was raised in Mississippi after being adopted by her grandmother as a child. She saw herself as a basketball player and only unwillingly decided to participate in track as a teenager, where she developed into a talented long jumper and sprinter. She was a student at Southern Mississippi, and in 2011 she won both the indoor and outdoor long jump NCAA championships.
Bowie won silver in the 100 and bronze in the 200 at the 2016 Rio Olympics. She later won the 4×100 relay race as the anchor leg runner alongside Tianna Bartoletta, Allyson Felix, and English Gardner.
SOURCE – (AP)