Barr is European Facebook Athlete of the Month

Ireland’s Thomas Barr  and Greek pole vaulter Ekaterini Stefanidi  have been voted European Athletes of the Month for April. Barr,  who ran a European-leading 400m hurdles time of 49.04 secs at the Tom Jones Classic in Gainesville, USA, on 24 April,  had over 1,300 Facebook votes and 280 retweets and favourites on Twitter.

Stefanidi’s 4.71m for the pole vault at the  Drake Relays in Des Moines, USA, on 24 April.is the currnet world best. She got more than 700 Facebook votes and 140 retweets and favourites.

Voting for European Athlete of the Month took place through  the European Athletics Twitter and Facebook pages over the weekend. Athletes with the most combined Twitter ‘retweets’ and Facebook ‘likes’ were crowned the winners. There’s democracy for you.