Canadian record-holder was a member of the six-metre pole vault membership and twice made the Commonwealth Video games podium
Shawn Barber, the world champion in 2015 and Commonwealth Video games medallist in 2014 and 2018, has died aged solely 29.
In line with information reviews, he had been experiencing well being issues and died from medical problems. His company, Doyle Administration, stated: “A good friend that can by no means be forgotten. Canadian Olympic pole vaulter Shawn Barber has handed away.
“He’s presently the Canadian record-holder along with his private better of 6.00m and was the 2015 world champion within the pole vault. Shawn was additionally an Olympic finalist on the 2016 Olympics in Rio De Janeiro. He can be vastly missed.”
9 years in the past in Beijing he grew to become the primary Canadian to win gold on the World Athletics Championships since dash hurdler Perdita Felicien in 2003.
With a vault of 5.90m, the then 21-year-old took the title whereas the favorite Renaud Lavillenie of France was left to accept bronze.
Shawn Barber (Mark Shearman)
Born in New Mexico, Barber held twin nationality with the US however he lived in Toronto throughout his profession and selected to signify Canada – a rustic that his father and coach competed for in pole vault within the 1983 World Championships.
In 2016 it emerged Barber had failed an in-competition medicine take a look at for cocaine on the Canadian championships after by accident ingesting the substance throughout a sexual encounter he organized by way of Craigslist.
Nevertheless he was allowed to compete on the Rio Olympics after it was determined by the Sport Dispute Decision Centre of Canada (SDRCC) that he had inadvertently taken the substance after kissing a lady who had taken the drug minutes earlier.
He completed tenth within the Olympic remaining in Rio and completed eighth on the earth remaining in London in 2017.
On the Commonwealth Video games he completed runner-up to Kurtis Marschall of Australia in 2018 and took bronze on the 2014 Video games behind English duo Steve Lewis and Luke Cutts.
His remaining competitions have been in 2020.
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