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Shawnacy Barber, Canadian world champion pole vaulter has died at 29 from “medical complications”.
The young athlete died Wednesday at home in Kingswood, Texas, his agent Paul Doyle confirmed to The Associated Press.
Discussions about Shawnacy Barber’s wife have dominated social media following his death.
Was the basketball player married before his death?
We’ll get to know all this in this report but who was the Canadian World Champion Pole Vaulter?
Who was Shawnacy Barber?
Barber rose to prominence as pole vaulter beginning with his time at the University of Akron, where he won NCAA Indoor titles in 2014 and 2015, and the NCAA Outdoor title in 2015.
Later in 2015, Barber won gold at the Pan-Am Games and then the World Championships in Beijing.
Barber, whose PR of 6.00m/19-8.25 from the Pole Vault Summit in 2016 remains the Canadian national record, made the final of the 2016 Rio Olympics but finished 10th.
He last competed in during the 2020 indoor season, registering a fourth-place finish in Cottbus at 5.50m/18-0.5.
Barber is survived by his mother, Ann; father, George; and brother, David.
Shawnacy Barber wife: Was Canadian Pole Vaulter married?
Information regarding Shawnacy Barber’s wife is currently not accessible within our database.
Evidently, he remains unmarried.
This speculation arises due to the absence of any mention or disclosure concerning his immediate family on social media platforms or during interviews.
