Morgan Lake
- Born
- May 12, 1997 (29 years old)
- Birthplace
- Reading, United Kingdom
- Events
- High Jump · Pentathlon Short Track
- Height
- 1.80 m
- Weight
- 68 kg
Morgan Lake (born 12 May 1997) is a British high jumper. She won the silver medal at the 2018 Commonwealth Games and placed fourth at the 2022 Commonwealth Games. Lake finished sixth in the 2017 World Championships in Athletics and fourth in the 2018 World Indoor Championships.
She is the first British woman to break two metres, jumping 2.00 at the Diamond League, Zurich in August 2025. In 2013, she broke the 29-year-old UK Under-17 high jump record, and the following year, she broke the 23-year-old UK U20 high jump record. A successful combined events athlete as a teenager, at age 17 Lake won the high jump and heptathlon titles at the 2014 World U20 Championships.
She also broke the world indoor U18 pentathlon record that year. In 2015, she was the European U20 high jump champion. At the 2016 Rio Olympics, Lake became the first British woman to reach an Olympic high jump final since Debbie Marti in 1992. She holds the British indoor record in the high jump which is an outright national best. She has won 17 British national titles as of 2025, including ten successive outdoor national championships.
As of Nov 2, 2026: High Jump 2.00 (#52 all-time), Pentathlon Short Track 4519, 2026 season best 1.88 (May 23, 2026, Egret Stadium, Xiamen (CHN)) · Last competition: Novuna London Athletics Meet, Jul 18, 2026, 1.85 · National record (High Jump) · 29 years old
Personal bests
WA points calculator →Progression
| Season | Discipline | Result | Wind | Date | Competitions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | HJ | 1.88 | – | May 23, 2026 | Wanda Diamond League Xiamen |
| 2025 | HJ | 2.00 | – | Aug 27, 2025 | Weltklasse Zürich, Letzigrund, Zürich - Diamond Discipline |
| 2024 | HJ | 1.95 | – | Jul 13, 2024 | Internationales Hochsprungmeeting Heilbronn, Marktplatz, Heilbronn |
| 2023 | HJ | 1.97 | – | Jun 13, 2023 | Paavo Nurmi Games |
| 2023 | HJ Indoor | 1.99 | – | Feb 4, 2023 | Hustopečské skákání |
| 2022 | HJ | 1.93 | – | May 1, 2022 | National Training Center, Clermont, FL (USA) |
| 2021 | HJ | 1.95 | – | Aug 5, 2021 | The XXXII Olympic Games |
| 2021 | HJ Indoor | 1.96 | – | Feb 24, 2021 | Serbian Open Indoor Meeting 2021, Atletska dvorana, Beograd (i) |
