LAKE Morgan

Date of Birth: 12 May 1997

Age: 24

Gender: Female

Place of birth: MILTON KEYNES

Birth Country:

Great Britain

Place of residence : LOUGHBOROUGH

Residence Country:

Great Britain

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Athletics	Women's High Jump	DNS

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Olympic Stadium - High Jump A	Women's High Jump Qualification - Group B	Finished
	Olympic Stadium - High Jump A	Women's High Jump Final	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Olympic Games

Year	Location	High Jump
2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	10th (1.93)

World Athletics Championships

Year	Location	High Jump
2019	Doha, QAT	Qual. (1.85)
2017	London, GBR	6th (1.95)
2015	Beijing, CHN	Qual. (1.89)

European Championships

Year	Location	High Jump
2018	Berlin, GER	7th (1.91)

Diamond League overview - Three best ranks per season and event since 2017

Year	High Jump
2021	1 x 3rd
2019	1 x 8th
2018	1 x 3rd, 1 x 5th, 1 x 8th
2017	2 x 4th, 1 x 7th, 1 x 8th

Diamond League - Ten best performances since 2020

Rank	Year	Event	Location	Result
3	2021	High Jump	Gateshead, GBR	1.88
3	2018	High Jump	London, GBR	1.91
4	2017	High Jump	Lausanne, SUI	1.93
4	2017	High Jump	Rome, ITA	1.91
5	2018	High Jump	Rabat, MAR	1.90
7	2017	High Jump	London, GBR	1.90
8	2019	High Jump	Oslo, NOR	1.85
8	2018	High Jump	Stockholm, SWE	1.90
8	2017	High Jump	Brussels, BEL	1.84
11	2018	High Jump	Zurich, SUI	1.85

World Challenge - Ten best performances since 2020

Rank	Year	Event	Competition	Location	Result
4	2017	High Jump	World Challenge	Hengelo, NED	1.85
5	2017	High Jump	World Challenge	Zagreb, CRO	1.88

World Indoor Championships

Year	Location	High Jump
2018	Birmingham, GBR	4th (1.93)

World Combined Events Challenge

Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
DNF	Heptathlon	2017	Florence, ITA	DNF

Legend
SF - Semifinal, QF - Quarterfinal, 1R - 1st Round, Qual. - Qualification, QR - Qualification Round, DNF - Did Not Finish, DNS - Did Not Start, DQ - Disqualified, NM - No Mark, [Relay athlete without time] - Did not run in final

Listening to music. (redbull.com, 01 May 2020)

Occupation:

Athlete, Student

Psychology - Loughborough University, Great Britain

Languages spoken:

Windsor, Slough, Eton and Hounslow Athletic Club [Great Britain]

Eldon Lake [personal, father], GBR

Sporting relatives:

Her father Eldon has served as her coach, and was an English schools triple jump champion. (iaaf.org, 27 May 2014)

2014 for Great Britain (theguardian.com, 14 Aug 2014)

She suffered several minor injuries during the 2019 season. (yahoo.com, 30 Dec 2020)

An abductor muscle injury contributed to her decision to compete in the high jump and not the heptathlon at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. (independent.co.uk, 14 Oct 2020)

She was introduced to athletics at age five by her father Eldon. As a child she was also involved in tennis, netball, hockey and swimming, but decided to focus fully on athletics at age 16. (iaaf.org, 27 May 2014; morgan-lake.com, 20 Jul 2015; camillajlovell.com, 15 Apr 2020)

After she competed in her first pentathlon at age 12 and broke the British U13 record for the event, she started to take the sport seriously. "I had never done a pentathlon before [but] that was when I really decided that I wanted to do athletics as my main sport and focus on it." (telegraph.co.uk, 01 Apr 2014; morgan-lake.com, 20 Jul 2015)

To win a medal at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (independent.co.uk, 14 Mar 2015; telegraph.co.uk, 01 Apr 2014)

She trains five days a week, including three days of double sessions. On the days she does not train she does mobility work or receives treatments. (technogym.com, 14 Jun 2020)

"Winning a double gold at the [2014] Junior World Championships [in Eugene, OR, United States of America], as it was my first major medal." (tresamagazine, 07 Mar 2018)

British heptathletes Denise Lewis and Kelly Sotherton, Swedish athlete Carolina Kluft, US tennis player Serena Williams. (morgan-lake.com, 01 Sep 2019; athleticsweekly.com, 17 Jun 2017; dazeddigital.com, 02 Aug 2018)

"I used to have a lot of superstitions about wearing bracelets and necklaces but I'm actually very forgetful and always lose things. I've worn a bracelet before and then realised at the competition it's no longer on my wrist. My immediate thought was, 'Oh no I'm not going to jump very well because I've lost it'. I'm trying to not have so many superstitions. I rely on having faith in my form and my training." (womenshealthmag.com, 06 Apr 2018)

Philosophy:

"Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will." [Mahatma Gandhi] (huffingtonpost.co.uk, 15 Jan 2018)

She was named joint winner of the International Association of Athletics Federations [IAAF] Rising Star Award in 2014. She shared the title with French hurdler Wilhem Belocian. (bbc.co.uk, 21 Nov 2014)

General Interest

General
HEPTHALON PLAN
Having specialised in the heptathlon in her early career, which saw her win gold in the event at the junior world championships, she later shifted her focus to the high jump. Speaking in 2020 she said she planned to return to the heptathlon after the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. "The pressure of [heptathlon] competition was quite big for me. It was the thing that got me into athletics in the first place. It feels like 'me'. I always want to be busy, always want to be pushing myself. I know I have more strengths than just high jumping. I want to show what I can do and what I am capable of. I feel like I can do more." (independent.co.uk, 14 Oct 2020; redbull.com, 01 May 2020)

STUDIES
She says that studying psychology at Loughborough University in England has helped her mindset for training and competition. "I definitely feel I've gained a mental edge. Some things that have been really useful are working on imagery and use of relaxation." (redbull.com, 21 Feb 2018)

Milestones

She became the first female British athlete to win two gold medals at the junior world championships, when she claimed victory in both the heptathlon and high jump at the 2014 edition in Eugene, OR, United States of America. (SportsDeskOnline, 07 Jan 2021)

Social Media

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event
DNS:: Did not start

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