Personal information | |||||||||||||||
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Nationality | New Zealand | ||||||||||||||
Born | 15 October 2000 | ||||||||||||||
Sport | |||||||||||||||
Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
Event | High jump | ||||||||||||||
Achievements and titles | |||||||||||||||
Personal best(s) | High jump: 1.87m (Christchurch, 2024) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Imogen Skelton (born 15 October 2000) is a high jumper. She won the New Zealand national title in the high jump in 2024. [1]
Skelton started athletics in primary school and joined Wellington Harriers Athletics Club when she was ten years-old. She attended Samuel Marsden Collegiate School in Wellington and was the New Zealand Secondary Schools junior girls high jump champion. [2] [3] She was named athlete of the year at the 2017 College Sports Wellington (CSW) Awards. [4]
Skelton won the New Zealand U18 National High Jump title, came 2nd in the U20s at the same competition, in Dunedin in March 2016. [5] The following year she was selected to represent New Zealand at the 2017 Commonwealth Youth Games in the Bahamas. [3]
In March 2022 at the New Zealand Track & Field Championships in Hastings she cleared a new personal best height of 1.86 metres in finishing second behind Keeley O’Hagan. [6]
Skelton won the high jump at Whanganui’s Cooks Classic in January 2024, with a clearance of 1.80 metres. [7] In March 2024, she won the New Zealand national championship in tnr high jump with a clearance of 1.85 metres. [8]
In June 2024, she was a silver medalist in the high jump at the 2024 Oceania Athletics Championships in Fiji. [9]
She attended the University of Auckland. [10]