Imogen Cotter

Imogen Cotter (born 5 July 1993) is an Irish former professional racing cyclist.

Cotter was born in London to Irish parents and spent the first four years of her life there, before the family moved to Ruan, County Clare. Cotter won medals at All-Ireland cross-country and 3,000 and 5,000 metres running events in her teens before switching to track cycling in 2017. having recently joined the team for the rest of the season as a stagiaire. However, before she could make her debut for the team, on 26 January 2022, during a training ride in Spain she suffered injuries including a broken patella and radius and ruptured tendons after being hit by a van that was driving on the wrong side of the road while overtaking another cyclist at .

In January 2023, it was announced that Cotter would continue to ride for the Fenix–Deceuninck Development Team (a renamed Plantur–Pura) as she attempted to restart her career. Despite coming 14th in the Gracia–Orlová in April, Cotter then did not ride for Fenix-Deceuninck for two months due to the strength of the squad's roster, instead racing against men in Irish races to build fitness. In August 2023, she suffered injuries in a crash on the second stage of the Giro della Toscana, later telling the Irish Times that "I thought that that might be it for cycling". However, in November 2023, she signed a contract with the British-based Hess Cycling Team. She announced her retirement on 15 April 2024, citing continuing psychological trauma from the January 2022 incident.