D.O.B: 11.17.74
N.O.C: France
Height: 175 cm
Weight: 68 kg
Final Year of Competition: 2006
Years Top 10: 6
Personal bests
Pentathlon/Heptathlon: 6,889 (France 2005)
Long Jump: 7.05 (Monaco 2003)
High Jump: 1.93 (Spain 1999)
60m Hurdles: 8.11 (Germany 2000)
100m Hurdles: 12.78 (Canada 2001)
60m: 7.36 (France 2000)
100m: 11.52 (France 2006)
200m: 23.53 (Czech 1999)
800m: 2:10.55 (Austria 2001)
Javelin Throw: 53.10 (France 2005)
Shot Put: 14.12 (France 2007)
EUNICE BARBER comes in as the Heptathlon no.8 ALL-TIME!!! 🙌🇸🇱🇫🇷⬇️
Barber was born in Sierra Leone and represented them until then competing for France in 1999 – she was a fantastic athlete, best highlighted by the fact that she was not only the Heptathlon World Champion during her career, but also the Long Jump World Champion too [Paris 2003]!!! 🙌
Barber’s Long Jump PB was a giant 7.05m and her Heptathlon PB of 6,889 still ranks her 12th on the All-Time Top List…💪
Despite being a four-time Olympian, it was the stage that sadly never saw the best of her…she found the Heptathlon after first being a 100m Hurdler and Long Jumper and by the time of the Sydney Olympics in 2000, she was at the peak of her powers…however, injuries prevented showing her best form at a time where she finished with the year’s best score from earlier in the season! Her rivalry with both Denise Lewis and Carolina Klüft in the late 90’s / early 2000’s remain the stuff of legend…✨
