Canada’s former world pole vault champion Shawn Barber has died on the age of 29 from medical problems.
His agent Paul Doyle advised the Reuters information company that Barber handed away at house in Texas.
Barber took gold on the 2015 World Championships in Beijing, received the Pan American Video games the identical yr and completed tenth within the Rio 2016 Olympics.
His finest leap of 6.00 metres was set in January 2016 and stays a Canadian report.
“Extra than simply an unimaginable athlete, Shawn was such a good-hearted individual that at all times put others forward of himself,” Doyle mentioned on Thursday.
“It is tragic to lose such a very good individual at such a younger age.”
Barber, who held twin Canadian-American citizenship, upset a subject together with reigning champion Raphael Holzdeppe of Germany and France’s then world report holder Renaud Lavillenie to win gold in China.
“Our ideas and prayers to the household and associates of Shawn Barber, Canadian pole vaulter — 2015 world champion, Rio 2016 Olympian and Canadian report holder,” Athletics Canada posted on X, previously often known as Twitter.
Polish pole vaulter Piotr Lisek, who received silver on the 2017 World Championships in London, added: “Among the best pole vaulters on this planet, Shawn Barber, handed away immediately.
“We had the chance to host him on Polish soil many occasions, and he confirmed his coronary heart many occasions with unimaginable cheerfulness.”