Vashti Cunningham

American track and field athlete Vashti Cunningham was born on January 18, 1998, in Las Vegas, Nevada. She is the daughter of retired NFL quarterback Randall Cunningham and Felicity de Jager Cunningham, a former ballerina with the Dance Theatre of Harlem, and the younger sister of Randall Cunningham II. She jumped for Bishop Gorman High School in Las Vegas until March 2016, when she signed with Nike and announced she would continue her education at a university while competing professionally.

In 2015, at age 17, Cunningham set the national high school record with a jump of 1.94 meters at the Mt. SAC Relays. That same year, she won the U.S. Junior National Championship and improved to 1.96 meters at the Pan American Junior Athletics Championships, equaling the World Youth Best. On March 12, 2016, she jumped 1.99 meters at the USA Indoor Championships, establishing a World Junior Record. Eight days later, she won the World Indoor Championship.

Cunningham continued to collect titles in 2017, winning the USA Indoor and Outdoor Championships, and taking third at the Prefontaine Classic, then again at the IAAF Diamond League meeting in Monaco. In 2018, she won a third consecutive indoor title and placed second at the World Indoor Championships. She stands 6'1" with a slim build and brown hair, and has been active in the sport since around 2011. She has 73,000 followers on Instagram. Her career has already included multiple national titles and a world indoor gold medal.