Olympic Pole Vaulting Champion Shawn Barber Comes Out as Gay

Pole Vaulting World Champion Shawn Barber just came out as a gay in a Sunday evening Facebook post.

 

TFW you've mastered the vault in just 1 afternoon! Well, ...Kinda. #Nike #polevault #roadtorio #6mclub #notquite @cnn @coywire #coachforaday

A post shared by Shawn (@vaultbarber) on Jun 3, 2016 at 8:47pm PDT

The Candian athlete won first prize at the 2015 World Championships in Bejing with a record-breaking 5.9-meter jump, and competed in the 2016 world Olympics in Brazil last year.

Barber made the announcement about his sexuality on his Facebook page: 

"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!"

Congratulations Shawn! 

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