Gabbi Cunningham

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Gabbi Cunningham
Personal information
Birth nameGabriele Cunningham
NationalityAmerican
Born (1998-02-22) 22 February 1998 (age 23)
Sport
SportTrack and Field
Event(s)100 metres hurdles

Gabriele “Gabbi” Cunningham (born 22 February 1998) is an American Olympic track athlete.[1]

An alumna of the North Carolina State University and from Charlotte, North Carolina, she attended Mallard Creek High School. 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 the 15 February 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 the banned Brianna McNeal in the US Olympic squad for the 2020 Summer Games. Confirmation that McNeal lost her appeal to have her doping suspension overturned came on 2 July 2021.[4][5][6] Cunningham ran 12.53 to qualify from her heat.[7]

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. ^ https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/athletics/result-women-s-100m-hurdles-rnd1-000100-.htm
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