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About Vashti Cunningham — USA high Jump athlete
Vashti Cunningham is an elite high jumper and Nike athlete with major championship credibility, a polished visual style, and a strong personal brand that blends performance, faith, and fashion. She offers sponsors high-impact reach in track and field along with authentic content potential through her creative eye and lifestyle-driven Instagram presence.
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TOP CAREER ACCOMPLISHMENTS: • June 20, 2021: Cleared 1.96m to place first at the US Olympic Trials qualifying for the 2021 Tokyo Olympics • May 29, 2021: Set her career person best high jump, 2.02 meters, at Chula Vista Field Festival. She took over the world outdoor lead for 2021 and moved to No. 4 on the all-time U.S. performer list. • Feb. 7, 2021: Matched her then personal best high jump, 2.0 meters, at American Track League #3, Fayetteville, AR. “It was big for me to hit my personal best this early in the season.” • 2019: 3rd place, Doha World Championships, 2.0 meters, Doha, Qatar. • June 30, 2019: 2nd place, 45th annual Prefontaine Classic, 2.0 meters, Palo Alto, California. • 2016: 1st place, U.S. Indoor Track & Field Championships, 1.99 meters, establishing a new World Junior Record (surpassed in 2019 by Yaroslava Mahuchikh at 2.04 meters) that is the current American Junior Record. • 2016: 1st place, World Indoor Track & Field Championships, 1.96 meters, Portland, Oregon. CURRENT RESULTS: • June 20, 2021: 1st place, USA Olympic Trials, Eugene, OR, 1.96 meters • May 29, 2021: 1st place, 2021 USATF Chula Vista Field Festival, Chula Vista, CA , 2.02 meters • May 22, 2021: 1st place, 2021 USATF Throws Festival Tuscon, AZ, 1.99 meters • May 15, 2021: 1st place, 2021 APU Last Chance Twilight & Multis, Azusa, CA, 1.98 meters • April 3, 2021: 1st place, Chula Vista HP #1, CVEATC, Chula Vista, CA, 1.97 meters • February 7, 2021: 1st place, American Track League #3, Fayetteville, AR, 2.0 meters • January 24, 2021: 1st place American Track League #1, Fayetteville, Arkansas, 1.90 meters UPCOMING MOMENTS: • August 5-7, 2021: Women’s High Jump at Tokyo Olympics. ABOUT VASHTI CUNNINGHAM: • After establishing a personal best mark of 2.0 meters in 2019, high jumper Vashti Cunningham is ready to raise the bar. First stop: 2.02 meters which Vashti accomplished on May 29, 2021. With this mark, Vashti took over the world outdoor lead for 2021 and moved to No. 4 on the all-time U.S. performer list. Tomorrow, the world: the women’s world record in the discipline, at 2.09 meters, has stood since Bulgarian jumper Stefka Kostadinova’s triumph way back in 1987. Coached by her father, former NFL quarterback (and current Las Vegas Raiders Team Chaplain) Randall Cunningham, she burst onto the international track and field scene in 2015 with a win at the Pan American Junior Championships, clearing 1.96 meters. In 2016 she won the World Indoor Championships at 1.96 meters and the U.S.A. Indoor Track and Field Championships at 1.99 meters (the current American Junior record), and finished 2nd at the U.S. Olympic Trials at 1.97 meters. She finished 13th in her Olympic debut in Rio in 2016 (at age 18, she was the youngest U.S. Track and Field athlete to make the team since 1980) and has been on a rampage ever since. She turned pro in 2016, declining college scholarships in both volleyball and track and field to accept an offer from Nike. She attributes her success to her dad’s coaching; her years of ballet study with her mom, former Dance Theatre of Harlem ballerina Felicity de Jager Cunningham; her God-given natural abilities and physique (she’s a lithe 6’1”), and her lifelong determination to keep up with her older brother Randall Cunningham Jr., also star high jumper. Cunningham balances her athletic career with passions for fashion design, photography, and modelling.
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- My career high rank was 1. As part of the U.S. Track and Field. In the year 2018.
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8x USATF CHAMPION
2016 World Indoor Championships High Jump - 1st Place
2015 Pan American U20 Championships High Jump - 1st Place
2017 USATF National Championships High Jump - 1st Place
2018 USATF National Championships High Jump - 1st Place
2019 USATF National Championships High Jump - 1st Place
2016 USATF Indoor National Indoor Championships High Jump - 1st Place
2017 USATF Indoor National Indoor Championships High Jump - 1st Place
2018 USATF Indoor National Indoor Championships High Jump - 1st Place
2019 USATF Indoor National Indoor Championships High Jump - 1st Place
2020 USATF Indoor National Indoor Championships High Jump - 1st Place
2019 IAAF World Championships. High Jump - 3rd Place
2018 World Indoor Championships High Jump - 2nd Place
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OpenSponsorship Releases World Cup Brand Activation Data as FIFA 2026 Kicks Off
Press Release · New York, NY
The world's largest athlete marketing platform reports 277 million views from soccer creators in the last eight weeks, with 1,552 bookable soccer athletes ready for brand activation across 15+ countries. Clients including Walmart and USA Today are already activating ahead of kickoff.
OpenSponsorship, the world's largest athlete marketing platform backed by Serena Williams and David Blitzer, today released proprietary data showing the scale of the creator opportunity around the 2026 FIFA World Cup, which kicks off Thursday, June 11th in North America. With brands including Walmart and USA Today already activating soccer creator campaigns through the platform, OpenSponsorship is positioned as the go-to partner for brands looking to win the biggest sports marketing moment of the decade.
277M
soccer creator views, last 8 weeks
1,552
bookable soccer athletes, 15+ countries
276
viral posts over 100K views, just 86 athletes
The platform's soccer roster has generated 277 million views in the last eight weeks alone, with 276 viral posts clearing 100,000 views across just 86 athletes. OpenSponsorship has 1,552 publicly listed and bookable soccer athletes across 15+ countries, including 893 in the United States, alongside athletes from the UK, Mexico, Canada, Spain, Brazil, France, Nigeria, and more.
Brands that can't sign elite players can still reach their audienceWith 48 nations competing in the largest World Cup in history, brands face a common challenge: the biggest names are either off limits or out of budget. OpenSponsorship's data shows that mid-tier and creator talent routinely out-reaches their follower counts by 50 to 100x — giving brands access to the same passionate fan audiences at a fraction of the cost of global stars.
“The World Cup is the biggest commercial moment in sports marketing history, and the brands that win it will not be the ones who waited for the tournament to start. Our soccer athletes have already generated 277 million views in the last two months. The audience is engaged, the creators are ready, and the window to activate at the best rates closes when kickoff happens.” — Ishveen Jolly, Founder & CEO, OpenSponsorshipWalmart and USA Today: what World Cup activation actually delivers
OpenSponsorship's recent Walmart Soccer Saturday campaign demonstrates what's possible when brands activate the right soccer creators. The campaign — which featured AA9Skillz, Brittany Wilson, Matty Farias, Sean Garnier, and others — generated the following:
11.6M
total campaign views
4.5%
engagement — ~2x industry benchmark
USA Today is also activating soccer creator campaigns through OpenSponsorship ahead of the World Cup, leveraging the platform's roster of 1,552 bookable soccer athletes to reach highly engaged audiences across the US, Canada, and Mexico — the three host nations for the 2026 tournament.
“When creators genuinely love a sport and an event, it shows in the content. The Walmart campaign worked because the athletes were authentic soccer fans first and brand partners second. That authenticity is exactly what drives the kind of engagement numbers brands cannot get from traditional advertising.” — Ishveen Jolly, Founder & CEO, OpenSponsorshipThe World Cup activation window
OpenSponsorship's data shows a clear opportunity curve for World Cup brand activation. Athletes are available now at pre-tournament rates, with demand and pricing expected to rise sharply once the group stage begins June 11th.
- Kickoff — June 11: the group stage is the viral window, where trending athletes are still affordable before bidding wars begin.
- The Final — July 19, MetLife Stadium: the highest-profile moment for brands that have already built creator relationships.
Brands that lock in creator partnerships before the tournament begins benefit from lower rates, more authentic content, and deeper athlete relationships that extend beyond the tournament window. OpenSponsorship's white-glove managed service handles sourcing, contracting, content briefing, delivery, and ROI reporting end to end.
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Download the Press Release (PDF)OpenSponsorship is the world's largest athlete marketing platform, connecting 25,000+ athletes and creators with brands across 160 sports and 120 countries. Launched in 2015, the company has facilitated over 9,000 accepted deals and 8,000+ successful brand-creator matches, giving it the largest proprietary dataset in athlete marketing. OpenSponsorship became profitable in 2024 and delivered 200% revenue growth in 2025. Ishveen Jolly, backed by investors Serena Williams and David Blitzer, is the Founder and CEO, winner of SBJ Game Changer 2025 and Forbes 30 Under 30. The 2026 State of Athlete and Influencer Marketing Report is available at opensponsorship.com.
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