Shawnacy Campbell Barber was best known as a Canadian track and field athlete specializing in the pole vault. Barber was a world champion in pole vault, having won the event with a height of 5.90 m at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics in Beijing.
Shawn Barber wife
Shawn Barber was never married and he was not known to have been in a romantic relationship with any lady. He came out as gay in April 2017.
Shawn Barber children
Shawn Barber does not have any children.
Shawn Barber parents
Shawn Barber was the son of Ann Barber and George Barber. His father George is a former Canadian vaulter and pole vault coach who grew up in El Paso, Texas, but was himself born in Kincardine, Ontario. His mother Ann divorced his father when he was 10 years old, and Shawnacy moved to New Caney, Texas.
Shawn Barber was born on May 27, 1994, in Las Cruces, New Mexico, United States. He held dual Canadian-American citizenship. He grew up between the Toronto area and the United States and graduated from Kingwood Park High School in Houston.
Shawn Barber referred to Toronto as his hometown during competitions and said he chose to represent Canada because his particular sport was more important in Canada, and to follow in the footsteps of his father, who was a pole vaulter for Canada at the 1983 World Championships and a competitor twice at Team Canada Summer Olympic trials.
Shawn Barber siblings
Shawn Barber has a brother named David Braden Barber.
Source: Ghanafuo.com
