Gabbi Cunningham
Personal information
Birth nameGabriele Cunningham
NationalityAmerican
Born (1998-02-22) February 22, 1998
Charlotte, North Carolina, U.S.
Sport
SportTrack and Field
Event100 metres hurdles
Medal record
Women's Athletics
Representing  United States
World Indoor Championships
Bronze medal – third place2022 Belgrade60 m hurdles

Gabriele “Gabbi” Cunningham (born February 22, 1998)[1] is an American Olympic track athlete. She won the bronze medal in the 60 metres hurdles at the 2022 World Indoor Championships in Belgrade.

Cunningham is from Charlotte, North Carolina and attended Mallard Creek High School. She is an alumna of North Carolina State University. Cunningham was a 2018 NCAA All-American for the Indoor 60m hurdles, and a 2019 NCAA All-American for the Indoor 60m and the 60m hurdles. She was a two time Pan Am Junior Championships Medalist in 2017, with gold in the 4x100m relay and bronze in the 200m.[2]

In Albuquerque on February 15, 2020, Cunningham ran 7.92 for the indoor 60m hurdles which placed her in the top 10 for the year in that discipline worldwide.[3]

Cunningham finished fourth in the 100m hurdles at the 2020 United States Olympic Trials (track and field) in a personal best time of 12:53, and replaced Brianna McNeal in the US Olympic squad for the 2020 Summer Games.[4][5] Cunningham ran 13.01s to place seventh in the event's final on 2 August.[6]

In 2022, she earned the bronze medal for the 60m hurdles at the World Indoor Championships held in Belgrade with a time of 7.87 seconds. Cyréna Samba-Mayela won gold and Devynne Charlton captured silver.[7]

International competitions

Representing the  United States
YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventTime
2017 Pan American U20 Championships Trujillo, Peru 3rd 200 m 23.60
1st 4x100 m relay 44.07
2021 Olympic Games Tokyo, Japan 7th 100 m hurdles 13.01
2022 World Indoor Championships Belgrade, Serbia 3rd 60 m hurdles 7.87

Personal bests

References

  1. ↑ "Gabriele CUNNINGHAM | Profile". worldathletics.org.
  2. ↑ "Gabriele Cunningham - 2018-19 - Track". NC State University Athletics.
  3. ↑ "60 Metres Hurdles - women - senior - indoor - 2020". www.worldathletics.org.
  4. ↑ "Olympic champion McNeal loses ban appeal". BBC Sport.
  5. ↑ Stubbs, Roman (June 20, 2021). "After disappointment in 2016, Keni Harrison secures Olympic bid". The Washington Post. Retrieved June 23, 2021.
  6. ↑ "Results". results.usatf.org.
  7. ↑ Crumley, Euan (March 19, 2022). "Marcell Jacobs edges out Christian Coleman to land 60m gold". AW. Retrieved March 31, 2022.
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