The Canadian athletics neighborhood mourns a tragic loss with the dying of Shawnacy “Shawn” Barber, the 2015 world pole vault champion. He was 29.
Based on his agent, Paul Doyle, Barber died on Wednesday at his house in Kingwood, Texas. The reason for dying is at the moment unknown, however a report from the Related Press talked about that Barber had fallen in poor health and had been experiencing poor well being for a while.
Barber, the present Canadian file holder within the pole vault, was the only Canadian man to enter pole vault’s six-metre membership. His achievements embody successful gold for Canada on the 2015 World Championships in Beijing with a leap of 5.90 metres. Moreover, he gained gold on the 2015 Pan American Video games in Toronto and earned a bronze medal on the 2014 Commonwealth Video games in Glasgow.
On the 2016 Rio Olympics, Barber reached the ultimate within the pole vault, which was gained by Thiago Braz. The final time Barber competed was in February 2020.
“Extra than simply an unimaginable athlete, Shawn was such a good-hearted person who all the time put others forward of himself,” wrote Doyle on Instagram. “It’s tragic to lose such an excellent particular person at such a younger age.”
Though Barber grew up in Texas, he cut up his time between Toronto and Houston. His determination to signify Canada was influenced by his father, who was a pole vaulter for Canada on the 1983 World Championships.
He’s survived by his mom, Ann; father, George; and brother, David.
