Gabbi Cunningham
Personal information | |
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Birth name | Gabriele Cunningham |
Nationality | American |
Born | 22 February 1998 |
Sport | |
Sport | Track 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[]
- ^ "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.
- ^ https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/athletics/result-women-s-100m-hurdles-rnd1-000100-.htm
- 1998 births
- Living people
- American female hurdlers
- North Carolina State University alumni
- Sportspeople from Charlotte, North Carolina
- Track and field athletes from North Carolina
- African-American track and field athletes
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Olympic track and field athletes of the United States
- 21st-century African-American people
- 21st-century African-American women