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.
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| Birth name | Gabriele Cunningham | ||||||||||||||
| Born | February 22, 1998 Charlotte, North Carolina, U.S. | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Track and Field | ||||||||||||||
| Event | 100 metres hurdles | ||||||||||||||
| College team | North Carolina State University | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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 4 × 100 m 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
edit| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Time |
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| 2017 | Pan American U20 Championships | Trujillo, Peru | 3rd | 200 m | 23.60 |
| 1st | 4 × 100 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
edit- 60 metres indoor – 7.23 (Lubbock, TX 2019)
- 60 metres hurdles indoor – 7.82 (Spokane, WA 2022)
- 100 metres – 11.21 (+1.8 m/s, Des Moines, IA 2018)
- 100 metres hurdles – 12.53 (+0.8 m/s, Eugene, OR 2021)
- 200 metres – 23.04 (+0.4 m/s, Coral Gables, FL 2018)
References
edit- ^ "Gabriele CUNNINGHAM | Profile". worldathletics.org.
- ^ "Gabriele Cunningham - 2018-19 - Track". NC State University Athletics.
- ^ "60 Metres Hurdles - women - senior - indoor - 2020". www.worldathletics.org.
- ^ "Olympic champion McNeal loses ban appeal". BBC Sport.
- ^ Stubbs, Roman (June 20, 2021). "After disappointment in 2016, Keni Harrison secures Olympic bid". The Washington Post. Retrieved June 23, 2021.
- ^ "Results". results.usatf.org.
- ^ Crumley, Euan (March 19, 2022). "Marcell Jacobs edges out Christian Coleman to land 60m gold". AW. Retrieved March 31, 2022.
External links
edit- Gabbi Cunningham at www.USATF.org
- Gabbi Cunningham at Team USA (archived)
- Gabbi Cunningham at World Athletics
- Gabbi Cunningham at Olympics.com
- Gabbi Cunningham at Olympedia
