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Tori Bowie

Tori Bowie
Tori Bowie Beijing 2015.jpg
Personal information
Nationality American
Born 26 August 1990 (1990-08-26) (age 26)
Sand Hill, Mississippi, U.S.
Residence Clermont, Florida, U.S.
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Weight 121 lb (55 kg)
Sport
Sport Track & Field
Event(s) 100 meters, 200 meters, Long Jump
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)
  • 100 m: 10.78 s (Eugene 2016)
  • 200 m: 21.99 s (Eugene 2016)
  • Long Jump: 6.95 (Naperville 2014)

Frentorish"Tori" Bowie (born August 27, 1990) is an American track and field athlete, who primarily competes in the long jump, the 100 m and the 200 m. She has a personal record of 6.95 m (22 ft 912 in) for the long jump, set in 2014. She won the bronze medal at the 2015 IAAF Championship in Beijing in the 100 meters.

She competed collegiately for the University of Southern Mississippi and was a two-time NCAA champion, winning indoors and outdoors in 2011. She holds the school records for the long jump and was also NCAA runner-up outdoors in 2012. She came runner-up in the long jump at the USA Indoor Track and Field Championships and represented her country at the 2014 IAAF World Indoor Championships.

Bowie also competes in sprinting events, holding personal bests of 10.78 seconds for the 100-meter dash, 21.99 seconds for the 200-meter dash, and 7.14 seconds for the 60-meter dash, as well as having a triple jump best of 13.09 m (42 ft 1114 in).

She won a Gold medal in the 4x100m relay, Silver medal in the 100m dash, and bronze in the 200m dash at the 2016 Rio Olympics.

Born in Sand Hill, Mississippi, she attended Pisgah High School and began competing in track for the school. She won two state high school championships in the 100 m dash, 200 m dash and the long jump, as well as three state titles in the 4×100 m relay. She also competed on the state team in women's basketball. Bowie gained an athletic scholarship to attend the University of Southern Mississippi, doing an interdisciplinary degree. She represented the Southern Miss Golden Eagles and Lady Eagles in NCAA Division I competitions. Doing both sprints and jumps, she had her best results in the long jump during her freshman year, coming third at the Conference USA indoors, second at the Conference USA outdoors and reaching the NCAA Women's Outdoor Track and Field Championship, where she jumped in qualifying only.


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