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| Born | 15 October 2000 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Country | New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||
Event | High jump | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Achievements and titles | |||||||||||||||||||||
| National finals | High jump champion (2024, 2025, 2026) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Personal best(s) | High jump: 1.88m (Hamilton, 2026) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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, 2025 and 2026. [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 placed third 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 February, she set a new personal best of 1.87 metres at the International Track Meet in Christchurch. In March, she won the 2024 New Zealand Athletics Championship high jump competition 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 Suva, Fiji with 1.83 metres. [9]
Skelton won the high jump title at the 2025 New Zealand Athletics Championships in Dunedin, clearing 1.81 metres. [10]
On 14 February 2026, Skelton attained a new personal best jump of 1.88 metres at the Porritt Classic in Hamilton. [11] [12] Skelton retained her title at the 2026 New Zealand Athletics Championships in Auckland, with a best jump of 1.81 metres. [13]
Skelton attended the University of Auckland. [14]
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