New Zealand athlete (born 2000)
Imogen Skelton
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| Nationality | New Zealand |
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| Born | (2000-10-15) 15 October 2000 (age 24) |
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| Sport | Athletics |
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| Event | High jump |
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| Personal best(s) | High jump: 1.86m (Hastings, 2022) |
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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]
Early life
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]
Career
Skelton won the New Zealand U18 National High Jump title, came 2nd in the U20s at the same competition, in Dunedin in March 2016.[4]
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.[5]
Skelton won the high jump at Whanganui’s Cooks Classic in January 2024, with a clearance of 1.80 metres.[6] In March 2024, she won the New Zealand national championship in tnr high jump with a clearance of 1.85 metres.[7]
In June 2024, she was a silver medalist in the high jump at the 2024 Oceania Athletics Championships in Fiji.[8]
Personal life
She attended the University of Auckland.[9]
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