Vashti Cunningham
Vashti Cunningham | ||||||||||||||||
nation | United States | |||||||||||||||
birthday | 18th January 1998 (age 22) | |||||||||||||||
place of birth | Las Vegas, United States | |||||||||||||||
size | 186 cm | |||||||||||||||
Weight | 55 kg | |||||||||||||||
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discipline | high jump | |||||||||||||||
Best performance | 2.00 m | |||||||||||||||
status | active | |||||||||||||||
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last change: July 1st, 2019 |
Vashti Cunningham (born January 18, 1998 in Las Vegas , Nevada ) is an American high jumper .
Life
Vashti Cunningham is the daughter of former American football quarterback Randall Cunningham and former ballerina Felicity de Jager Cunningham. Her brother Randall Cunningham II is also a high jumper. Her personal record is 1.99 m indoors and 2.00 meters outdoors.
The US-American won the gold medal at the World Indoor Athletics Championships in 2016 with 1.96 meters ahead of the Spanish Olympic champion from 2016, Ruth Beitia . Two years later, at the 2018 World Indoor Athletics Championships , she jumped 1.93 meters to the silver medal behind Russian Marija Lassizkene .
At the 2019 World Athletics Championships in Doha , she won the bronze medal with her personal best of 2.00 m.
Web links
- Vashti Cunningham in the database of World Athletics (English)
- Vashti Cunningham in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Cunningham, Vashti |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American high jumper |
DATE OF BIRTH | January 18, 1998 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Las Vegas , Nevada |