Name: Vashti Cunningham

Sport: Track and Field

Event(s): High Jump

Height: 6-1

DOB: 1/18/1998

Birthplace: Las Vegas, Nev.

Hometown: Las Vegas, Nev.

High School: Bishop Gorman High School (Las Vegas, Nev.) ‘16

Olympic Experience

• Two-time Olympian (2016, 2020)
• Olympic Games Tokyo 2020
• Olympic Games Rio 2016, 13th (high jump)

World Championship Experience

• Most recent: 2019 – bronze (high jump)
• Years of participation: Outdoor – 2017, 2019; Indoor – 2016, 2018
• Medals: 3 (1 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze)
• Gold – 2016 (high jump)
• Silver – 2018 (high jump)
• Bronze – 2019 (high jump)

Personal: Daughter of Randall and Felicity Cunningham...Has two brothers, Christian and Randall, and two sisters, Grace and Sofia...Father, Randall, is a former NFL quarterback...Brother, Randall, also competed at the 2016 U.S. Olympic Team Trials – Track and Field...Became the youngest U.S. track and field athlete to qualify for the Olympic Games since 1980...Interests include photography and fashion...She announced she will continue her education at a university while competing as a professional athlete.

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