Former Canadian present leaping world champion Shawn Barber has died on the age of 29 from medical issues.
His agent Paul Doyle instructed the Reuters information company that Barber died at residence in Texas.
Barber took gold on the 2015 World Championships in Beijing, gained the Pan American Video games the identical 12 months and completed tenth within the 2016 Rio Olympics.
His finest bounce of 6.00 meters was set in January 2016 and stays a Canadian file.
“Extra than simply an unimaginable athlete, Shawn was such a very good one who at all times put others earlier than himself,” Doyle mentioned Thursday.
“It's tragic to lose such a very good particular person at such a younger age.”
Barber, who held twin Canadian-American citizenship, cleared a discipline together with reigning champion Raphael Holzdeppe of Germany after which French world file holder Renaud Lavillenie to win gold in China.
“Our ideas and prayers to the household and buddies of Shawn Barber, Canadian jumper – 2015 World Champion, 2016 Rio Olympian and Canadian file holder,” Athletics Canada posted on X, previously referred to as Twitter .
Polish jumper Piotr Lisek, who gained silver on the 2017 World Championships in London, added: “The most effective jumpers on this planet, Shawn Barber, died at present.
“We had the chance to host him on Polish soil many occasions, and he confirmed his coronary heart many occasions with unimaginable pleasure.”
