Gabriele “Gabbi” Cunningham (born February 22, 1998) is an American Olympic track athlete. She won the bronze medal in the
60 metres hurdles at the
2022 World Indoor Championships in
Belgrade.
An alumna of the
North Carolina State University and from
Charlotte, North Carolina
Charlotte ( ) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of North Carolina. Located in the Piedmont region, it is the county seat of Mecklenburg County. The population was 874,579 at the 2020 census, making Charlotte the 16th-most populo ...
, she attended
Mallard Creek High School
Mallard Creek High School is a comprehensive public high school located in Charlotte, North Carolina. It was the 21st high school in the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools district. The school opened to 1,200 students on August 27, 2007.
Campus and f ...
. Cunningham was a 2018
NCAA
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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.
In
Albuquerque
Albuquerque ( ; ), ; kee, Arawageeki; tow, Vakêêke; zun, Alo:ke:k'ya; apj, Gołgéeki'yé. abbreviated ABQ, is the most populous city in the U.S. state of New Mexico. Its nicknames, The Duke City and Burque, both reference its founding in ...
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.
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
The , officially the and also known as , was an international multi-sport event held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some preliminary events that began on 21 July.
Tokyo was selected as the host city during the ...
. Cunningham ran 13.01s to place seventh in the
event's final on 2 August.
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
Cyréna Samba-Mayela (born 31 October 2000) is a French athlete who competes in the 60 metres hurdles and 100 metres hurdles. She won the gold medal in the 60 m hurdles at the 2022 World Athletics Indoor Championships, 2022 World Indoor Cha ...
won gold and
Devynne Charlton captured silver.
International competitions
Personal bests
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60 metres
60 metres, or 60-meter dash, is a sprint event in track and field. It is a championship event for indoor championships, normally dominated by the best outdoor 100 metres runners. At outdoor venues it is a rare distance, at least for senior ath ...
indoor – 7.23 (
Lubbock, TX
Lubbock ( )
is the 10th-most populous city in the U.S. state of Texas and the seat of government of Lubbock County. With a population of 260,993 in 2021, the city is also the 85th-most populous in the United States. The city is in the north ...
2019)
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60 metres hurdles indoor – 7.82 (
Spokane, WA
Spokane ( ) is the largest city and county seat of Spokane County, Washington, United States. It is in eastern Washington, along the Spokane River, adjacent to the Selkirk Mountains, and west of the Rocky Mountain foothills, south of the Canad ...
2022)
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100 metres
The 100 metres, or 100-meter dash, is a sprint race in track and field competitions. The shortest common outdoor running distance, the dash is one of the most popular and prestigious events in the sport of athletics. It has been conteste ...
– 11.21 (+1.8 m/s,
Des Moines, IA
Des Moines () is the capital and the most populous city in the U.S. state of Iowa. It is also the county seat of Polk County. A small part of the city extends into Warren County. It was incorporated on September 22, 1851, as Fort Des Moines, ...
2018)
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100 metres hurdles
The 100 metres hurdles, or 100-meter hurdles, is a track and field event run mainly by women (the male counterpart is the 110 metres hurdles). For the race, ten hurdles of a height of are placed along a straight course of . The first hurdle is ...
– 12.53 (+0.8 m/s,
Eugene, OR
Eugene ( ) is a city in the U.S. state of Oregon. It is located at the southern end of the Willamette Valley, near the confluence of the McKenzie and Willamette rivers, about east of the Oregon Coast.
As of the 2020 United States Census, E ...
2021)
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200 metres
The 200 metres, or 200-meter dash, is a sprint running event. On an outdoor 400 metre racetrack, the race begins on the curve and ends on the home straight, so a combination of techniques is needed to successfully run the race. A slightl ...
– 23.04 (+0.4 m/s,
Coral Gables, FL
Coral Gables, officially City of Coral Gables, is a city in Miami-Dade County, Florida. The city is located southwest of Downtown Miami. As of the 2020 U.S. census, it had a population of 49,248.
Coral Gables is known globally as home to the U ...
2018)
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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 for the United States
21st-century African-American sportspeople
21st-century African-American women
World Athletics Indoor Championships medalists
Mallard Creek High School alumni