U.S. Olympic champion sprinter Tori Bowie died from complications of childbirth, according to an autopsy report obtained by multiple outlets.
Bowie, a former 100-meter world champion and three-time Olympic medalist, was found dead in her Florida home on May 2 after authorities were asked to perform a welfare check. She was 32.
According to the autopsy report from the Orange County (Florida) Medical Examiner's Office, Bowie was estimated to be eight months pregnant and in active labor at the time of her death.
Medical officials said possible complications Bowie had included respiratory distress and eclampsia, USA Today Sports reported, citing the autopsy.
Bowie won all three of her Olympic medals at the 2016 Rio Games, taking silver in the 100 meters, bronze in the 200 and running the anchor leg on a 4x100 team with Tianna Bartoletta, Allyson Felix and English Gardner to take gold.
After finishing second in the 100 meters in Rio, Bowie won the race at the world championships in London a year later.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
JukesMasonLynch on June 13rd, 2023 at 06:16 UTC »
I work in a medical lab, the diagnosis of preeclampsia is one of the reasons why we have to be able to urgently run protein urinalysis on our analysers at any given time.
For those that don't know, the classic signs are raised blood pressure, and positive diagnostic indicators in the lab is a raised urine total protein and blood uric acid.
sonawtdown on June 13rd, 2023 at 02:34 UTC »
she died at home alone in labor? how unbelievably sad
Corgicommander4U on June 13rd, 2023 at 01:47 UTC »
My wife had preeclampsia. One of the scariest experiences of our lives.
Edit: My wife went into her final check up and kept complaining of head aches. The swelling was the first big red flag. Complained of head aches for month or two. The nurse took her blood pressure 3 times and each time was like 170/ 100. They kept her. Dosed her up with magnesium. Manually dilated her over 3 days. Our baby was born healthy and screaming none the less. We took her home at less than 4.5 lbs. At first I thought my wife had gained some weight through the pregnancy. Nothing crazy. But she dropped 15-20 lbs in water weight 3 days after birth. Ladies. If you think you’re developing preeclampsia, and your doctor isn’t listening. Tell another doctor, nurse, patient advocacy. Get some one to listen and change the thought process.
RIP to this lady giving birth to her child.