Olympic track and field champion Tori Bowie has died, her representatives have shared. She was 32.

The three-time Olympic sprint medalist’s death was confirmed through a social media statement from her management company on Wednesday morning.

“We’re devasted to share the very sad news that Tori Bowie has passed away,” the company, Icon Management,tweeted. “We’ve lost a client, dear friend, daughter and sister. Tori was a champion…a beacon of light that shined so bright! We’re truly heartbroken and our prayers are with the family and friends.”

USA Track and Field also mourned Bowie’s death in a post, sharing an image of the Mississippi native smiling and holding up an American flag.

Tori Bowie.FRANCK FIFE/AFP via Getty

Silver medallist USA’s Tori Bowie celebrates after the Women’s 100m Final during the athletics event at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games at the Olympic Stadium in Rio de Janeiro on August 13, 2016.

“USATF is deeply saddened to hear of the passing of Tori Bowie, a three-time Olympic medalist and two-time world champion,” the organizationtweeted. “Her impact on the sport is immeasurable, and she will be greatly missed.”

Bowie won gold in the 100-meter race at the IAAF World Championships the next year, while also helping the U.S. retain gold in the 100-meter relay.

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Tori Bowie of the USA leaps during the Long Jump at the Adidas Grand Prix at Icahn Stadium on Randall’s Island on May 25, 2013 in New York City.

She later attended college at the University of Southern Mississippi, where she became a three-time All-American and won two long jump titles in both indoor and outdoor events in 2011.

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USA’s Tori Bowie competes in the Women’s 100m heat during day two of the IAAF World Championships at The Khalifa International Stadium, Doha, Qatar.

“I’ve never even thought about anything like this,” BowietoldThe Hattiesburg Americanthen. “It’s like back in Sandhill, they have a sign right when you turn inside [the campus at Pisgah High, her alma mater], they actually have a sign, it says ‘Tori Bowie Lane.’ To see things like that and like this, it’s just like miracles, I guess.”

Olympians from around the world mourned Bowie’s death Wednesday.

Torie Bowie.Alastair Grant/AP Photo

United States' Tori Bowie gestures after receiving the gold medal she won in the women’s 100m final during the World Athletics Championships in London, Monday, Aug. 7, 2017. Tori Bowie, the sprinter who won three Olympic medals at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Games, has died, her management company and USA Track and Field said Wednesday, May 3, 2023. Bowie was 32. She was found Tuesday in her Florida home. No cause of death was given.

Bowielast competedin an event in June 2022. Her cause of death was not immediately known Wednesday morning.

source: people.com