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Shawn Barber, the Canadian record holder and 2015 world champion in pole vault, has died at the age of 29. Barber's agent Paul Doyle confirmed to Reuters he died Wednesday (Jan 17) at home in Kirkwood, Texas of medical complications. "More than just an incredible athlete, Shawn was such a good-hearted person that always put others ahead of himself," Doyle.