Kim Hagger

Kim Hagger

Personal information
Born	(1961-12-02) 2 December 1961 Plaistow, Essex, England
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Club	Essex Ladies Athletic Club, East Ham
Medal record Athletics Representing England Commonwealth Games 1986 Edinburgh heptathlon

Kim Hagger (born 2 December 1961) is a retired English athlete who competed mainly in the heptathlon and the long jump. She represented Great Britain at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics and the 1988 Seoul Olympics.

Career

Hagger was born in Plaistow, Essex. She won the AAA Championships Under 15 long jump title in 1975 and 1976, and the Under 17 title in 1977 and 1978.

She competed at her first Olympic Games in Los Angeles 1984, finishing eighth in the heptathlon with 6127 points. In 1986, she reached her peak at both heptathlon and long jump. In May, she achieved a score of 6259 in Arles. As of 2014, this still ranks her sixth on the UK all-time heptathlon list. Later in 1986, she won the UK long jump title, before going on to win a bronze medal in the heptathlon for England at the Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, with a score of 5823. She also finished fourth in the long jump. Two weeks later at the European Championships in Stuttgart, she finished ninth in the heptathlon with 6173. That score included a lifetime best long jump performance of 6.70 m.

In 1987, Hagger finished ninth in the heptathlon at the World Championships in Rome, with a score of 6167. At her second Olympics in Seoul 1988, she finished 17th with 5975. She also finished 17th overall in the long jump qualifying round. In 1989, she won the AAAs national heptathlon title. She represented England, at the 1990 Commonwealth Games in Auckland, New Zealand. She won her final national title in 1991, when she won the AAAs Indoor long jump championship for the third time.

She was known for her complex theory on how to hold the javelin.

National titles

• 1986 UK Long Jump champion
• 1989 AAAs Heptathlon champion
• 1988/90/91 AAAs Indoor Long Jump champion

International competitions

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing Great Britain and England
1984	Olympic Games	Los Angeles, United States	8th	Heptathlon	6127 pts
1986	Commonwealth Games	Edinburgh, Scotland	4th	Long jump	6.34 m
			3rd	Heptathlon	5823
	European Championships	Stuttgart, Germany	9th	Heptathlon	6173
1987	World Championships	Rome, Italy	9th	Heptathlon	6167
1988	Olympic Games	Seoul, South Korea	17th (q)	Long jump	6.34 m
			17th	Heptathlon	5975
1990	Commonwealth Games	Auckland, New Zealand	9th	Long jump	6.27 m
			—	Heptathlon	DNF
	European Indoor Championships	Glasgow, Scotland	11th	Long jump	6.21 m

Note: Results with a Q, indicate overall position in qualifying round.

External links

• Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Kim Hagger". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.
• Kim Hagger at World Athletics