{"id":7580,"date":"2025-09-30T13:06:42","date_gmt":"2025-09-30T11:06:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rrcb-athletisme.be\/death-jean-pierre-barbe\/"},"modified":"2025-10-30T20:05:19","modified_gmt":"2025-10-30T19:05:19","slug":"death-jean-pierre-barbe","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.rrcb-athletisme.be\/en\/history\/death-jean-pierre-barbe\/","title":{"rendered":"Death of Jean-Pierre Barb\u00e9"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Jean-Pierre Barb\u00e9, 85, has passed away.<\/h2>\n\n<p>A Boitsfort resident since his very first day, Jean-Pierre was born in Watermael-Boitsfort on August 22, 1940.<\/p>\n\n<p>Jean-Pierre joined the Royal Racing Club de Bruxelles in 1954, and his imposing stature made him a shot putter (12.57 m) and discus thrower (39.80 m). His involvement with Racing was absolute: at a very young age, he became a member of the Board of Directors, then Chairman from 1981 to 2001. <\/p>\n\n<p>Recognized for his perfect command of the rules, Jean-Pierre was an official for the French-speaking Belgian Athletics League, even reaching the rank of international. Loyal to Racing, he also officiated for the club for over fifty years and was a full member. Professionally, he pursued his career with the same rigor as a chartered accountant.  <\/p>\n\n<p>Jean-Pierre&#8217;s trademark was his sense of humor. He always had a good joke to tell to anyone he came across, and his eyes would light up when he saw the effect on his audience. Today, it&#8217;s no longer tears of laughter, but tears of sadness that he&#8217;s gone.    <\/p>\n\n<p>However, for all those who knew him, he will always be present in our hearts.<br\/>Thanks to you, Jean-Pierre, for the love of Racing that you have instilled in us.<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rrcb-athletisme.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Jean-Pierre-Barbe-1-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"414\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rrcb-athletisme.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Jean-Pierre-Barbe-1-414x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7594\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rrcb-athletisme.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Jean-Pierre-Barbe-1-414x1024.jpg 414w, https:\/\/www.rrcb-athletisme.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Jean-Pierre-Barbe-1-121x300.jpg 121w, https:\/\/www.rrcb-athletisme.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Jean-Pierre-Barbe-1-768x1900.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rrcb-athletisme.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Jean-Pierre-Barbe-1-621x1536.jpg 621w, https:\/\/www.rrcb-athletisme.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Jean-Pierre-Barbe-1-828x2048.jpg 828w, https:\/\/www.rrcb-athletisme.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Jean-Pierre-Barbe-1-scaled.jpg 1035w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 414px) 100vw, 414px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jean-Pierre Barb\u00e9, 85, has passed away. A Boitsfort resident since his very first day, Jean-Pierre was born in Watermael-Boitsfort on August 22, 1940. Jean-Pierre joined the Royal Racing Club de Bruxelles in 1954, and his imposing stature made him a shot putter (12.57 m) and discus thrower (39.80 m). His involvement with Racing was absolute: [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"parent":5564,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-7580","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rrcb-athletisme.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7580","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rrcb-athletisme.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rrcb-athletisme.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rrcb-athletisme.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rrcb-athletisme.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7580"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rrcb-athletisme.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7580\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rrcb-athletisme.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5564"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rrcb-athletisme.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7580"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}