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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