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Shawn Barber, the accomplished Canadian pole vault world champion and Olympian, has passed away at the age of 29. His agent, Paul Doyle, has confirmed his death to The Associated Press on Thursday.
While the cause of Barber’s death has not been disclosed yet, Doyle said in the interview with AP that the athlete had been facing health challenges for some time now. Barber reportedly passed away on Wednesday at his residence in Kingswood, Texas.
“More than just an incredible athlete, Shawn was such a good-hearted person that always put others ahead of himself,” Doyle said in a statement. “It’s tragic to lose such a good person at such a young age.”
In 2015, Barber achieved the pinnacle of his career with a significant win at the world championships in Beijing, clearing 5.90 meters on his initial attempt. Although German competitor Raphael Holzdeppe matched his performance on the third attempt, both athletes’ inability to clear 6 meters ultimately crowned Barber as the world champion.
The subsequent year saw Barber’s participation in the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, where he reached the finals and secured a 10th-place finish. The gold in that event went to Brazil’s Thiago Braz.
Throughout Barber’s illustrious career, he claimed three NCAA titles during his tenure at the University of Akron, including two indoor titles, the 2013 Pan American Junior Championships, the 2015 Pan American Games, and the 2016 World Indoor Tour.
Barber’s notable achievements include Canadian national records of 6 meters indoors and 5.90 meters outdoors.
In April 2017, Barber made a significant announcement, publicly coming out as gay on a short Facebook post that reads:
“Gay and proud! Thank you to my parents for being such a great support. I continue to grow as a person and have a great support group. My parents are my greatest support and have helped me through a lot recently. To my friends, you are always my friends and i love you too!”
Barber never spoke again about his sexual orientation, and he never gave interviews about it but Outsports has received confirmation from the Canadian Olympic Committee that Shawn Barber did indeed wrote the aforementioned coming out post.
This revelation propels Barber into the echelon of highly distinguished and accomplished openly gay athletes globally.
Barber, who achieved the remarkable feat of becoming only the 21st person in history to clear the 6-meter mark in pole vaulting, holds the Canadian record in the discipline. He leaves behind his mother, father, and brother.
Meanwhile, fans took to Twitter/X to express their prayers and condolences to Barber’s family:
Cause of death?
As always?…
Until –
We find out?
AZT v.2,0. Fauci eliminates another generation
It may have been cumulative substance abuse?
His use of Cocaine has already been established prior within “The Public Domain”.
An “Astute Commentary” on the “Brevity Of Life”!
“Live Fast, Die Young”
or
“Live Long And Prosper”?
We can decide and choose!
So sad!! Rest in Peace Shawn. Much too young to leave us. Condolences to your friends and family. Very attractive, fit, ginger guy. Bless his soul!!!
yes indeed, God bless him, honey, taken away much too soon
Well that sucks.
Everyone is entitled to a slice of bread; we are responsible for the spread!
That is so sad….
R.I.P., stud ♥
Another victim of the Globalist Depopulation Agenda… so sad.
War is unmatched for Global Depopulation as upwards of 60 million Human
Beings
died –
directly and indirectly because of World War II within its 6 years of duration?
The “Bubonic Plague” did an even better job of depopulating the glob –
as
50 million – 200 million died over its 100 years stretch!
Yes, but war is overt in its display, making it difficult to convolute or obscure the C.O.D. It takes precision and timing to slowly depopulate in a manner that doesn’t raise alarms. The amount of young people dying of cancer and heart related issues isn’t a coincidence. Excess deaths are higher than during the pandemic, when there should be a deficit. They also aren’t Covid related. Main stream media isn’t talking about this even though the same number on average if not more are dying as compared to the pandemic. No one is declaring this an emergency. Also, Bourla, CEO… Read more »
It is a form of “Natural Attrition”.
A Plague does it and so does a self-destructive Lifestyle, too
Such Human Behavior is becoming “de facto” and becomes a plague where excess
usurps moderation.
The concept and execution of Moderation requires intelligence, education and
dedication, and unfortunately, the aforementioned is fast becoming obsolete.
Discipline is admirable; excess is deplorable…
Help must be recognized and asked!
Unfortunately for the false equivalency, there wasn’t a Globalist push for people to *willingly* contract the bubonic plague, with social and government coercion to commit suicide “for the greater good.” Try again. Only Globalist sympathizers would be so delusional as to compare an *actual* pandemic with forced suicide by needle rape.
He was just so very young, though, it couldn’t be natural causes. It’s always terrible to hear of someone that young, gone already. God speed, man, RIP.