Olympic Pole Vaulter Shawn Barber Dead At 29
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Barber won gold at the 2015 world pole vaulting championships and held the Canadian record for longest indoor vault.
World champion pole vaulter Shawn Barber has died after an unspecified medical issue, the Associated Press reports.
Barber’s death was confirmed by agent Paul Doyle, who told the AP the athlete died at home in Kingwood, Texas, on Wednesday.
The Canadian American pole vaulter had been “experiencing health issues,” according to the AP’s report. A cause of death was not disclosed.
“More than just an incredible athlete, Shawn was such a good-hearted person that always put others ahead of himself,” Doyle told the AP on Thursday. “It’s tragic to lose such a good person at such a young age.”
Born in Las Cruces, New Mexico, but a dual citizen of the U.S. and Canada, Barber began his run as a track and field star at the University of Akron in Ohio, where he won back-to-back NCAA championships in 2014 and 2015.
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