Eunice Barber
 Barber at the 2007 World Championships |
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Representing  Sierra Leone
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| All-Africa Games | ||
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1995 Harare | Long jump |
Representing  France
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| World Championships | ||
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1999 Seville | Heptathlon |
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2003 Paris | Long jump |
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2003 Paris | Heptathlon |
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2005 Helsinki | Heptathlon |
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2005 Helsinki | Long jump |
Eunice Barber (born November 17, 1974 in Freetown, Sierra Leone) is a Sierra Leonean athlete competing in heptathlon and long jump. Barber initially competed for Sierra Leone and then for France from 1999 onwards. She won the heptathlon at the World Championships in Athletics in 1999, the long jump in 2003 and finished second in heptathlon in 2003 and 2005.
Barber participated in the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona in the heptathlon and 100 m hurdles. She also participated in the heptathlon at the 1993 World Championships in Stuttgart, but failed to finish.
At the 1995 World Championships in Gothenburg, she beat her personal bests in six (out of seven) events in the heptathlon and finished in fourth place. The same year, she won the gold medal in long jump at the All-Africa Games in Harare. The next year, she finished fifth in the heptathlon at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta. In those games, she also participated in the long jump (but did not qualify for the final).
Because of an injury, Eunice Barber could not compete in 1998. In February 1999, she became a French citizen (she has trained and lived in France since 1992).
In the 1999 World Championships heptathlon in Seville, she beats Denise Lewis by just 137 points with a personal best total of 6861 points with Lewis safely in second by a further 224 points to third placed Ghada Shouaa.
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