Imogen Skelton

Imogen Skelton (born 15 October 2000) is a high jumper. She won the New Zealand national title in the high jump in 2024.

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.

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. The following year she was selected to represent New Zealand at the 2017 Commonwealth Youth Games in the Bahamas.

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.

Skelton won the high jump at Whanganui’s Cooks Classic in January 2024, with a clearance of 1.80 metres. In March 2024, she won the New Zealand national championship in tnr high jump with a clearance of 1.85 metres.

In June 2024, she was a silver medalist in the high jump at the 2024 Oceania Athletics Championships in Fiji.

Personal life
She attended the University of Auckland.