Kim Hagger
{{short description|British athlete}}
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{{Use British English|date=March 2025}}
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| name = Kim Hagger
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| nationality = British (English)
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1961|12|02|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Plaistow, Essex, England
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| sport = Athletics
| event = Heptathlon, long jump
| height = 171 cm
| weight = 62 kg
| club = Essex Ladies Athletics Club
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{{MedalSport | Athletics}}
{{MedalCountry | {{ENG}} }}
{{MedalCompetition|Commonwealth Games}}
{{MedalBronze| 1986 Edinburgh | heptathlon}}
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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.
Biography
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.{{cite web|url=https://teamengland.org/commonwealth-games-history/edinburgh-1986/athletes|title=1986 Athletes|website=Team England}}{{cite web|url=https://thecgf.com/results/games/3041/19/all|title=England team in 1986|website=Commonwealth Games Federation|access-date=5 October 2019|archive-date=19 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190419153600/https://thecgf.com/results/games/3041/19/all|url-status=dead}} 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 second behind Mary Berkeley in the long jump event at the 1987 WAAA Championships.{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0004941/19870726/536/0031 |title=Athletics |work=Sunday Express |date=26 July 1987 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription |access-date=21 March 2025}} and 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. {{cite web|url=https://www.nuts.org.uk/Champs/AAA/index.htm |title=AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists |website=National Union of Track Statisticians |access-date=14 March 2025}}{{cite web|url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/bc/waaa.htm |title=AAA Championships (women) |website=GBR Athletics |access-date=14 March 2025 }}
She represented England, at the 1990 Commonwealth Games in Auckland, New Zealand.{{cite web|url=https://teamengland.org/commonwealth-games-history/auckland-1990/athletes|title=1990 Athletes|website=Team England}}{{cite web|url=https://thecgf.com/results/games/3042/19/all|title=England team in 1990|website=Commonwealth Games Federation|access-date=5 October 2019|archive-date=4 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190404120931/https://thecgf.com/results/games/3042/19/all|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=https://thecgf.com/results/athletes/41128|title=Athletes and results|website=Commonwealth Games Federation|access-date=5 October 2019|archive-date=10 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220110151018/https://thecgf.com/results/athletes/41128|url-status=dead}} 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
| {{AchievementTable|Event=yes}} |
| colspan="6"|Representing {{GBR2}} and {{ENG}} |
|---|
| 1984
|8th |Heptathlon |6127 pts |
| rowspan=3|1986
|rowspan=2|Commonwealth Games |rowspan=2|Edinburgh, Scotland |4th |Long jump |6.34 m |
| bgcolor="cc9966"| 3rd
|5823 |
| European Championships
|9th |Heptathlon |6173 |
| 1987
| 9th |Heptathlon |6167 |
| rowspan=2|1988
|rowspan=2|Olympic Games |rowspan=2|Seoul, South Korea | 17th (q) |Long jump |6.34 m |
| 17th
|Heptathlon |5975 |
| rowspan=3|1990
|rowspan=2|Commonwealth Games |rowspan=2|Auckland, New Zealand |9th |Long jump |6.27 m |
| —
|Heptathlon |DNF |
| European Indoor Championships
| 11th |Long jump |
Note: Results with a Q, indicate overall position in qualifying round.
References
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External links
- {{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ha/kim-hagger-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418040853/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ha/kim-hagger-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2020-04-18 |title=Kim Hagger}}
- {{World Athletics}}
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Category:People from Plaistow, Newham
Category:Athletes from the London Borough of Newham
Category:British female long jumpers
Category:English female long jumpers
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1984 Summer Olympics
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Category:Olympic athletes for Great Britain
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1986 Commonwealth Games
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1990 Commonwealth Games
Category:World Athletics Championships athletes for Great Britain
Category:Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England
Category:Medallists at the 1986 Commonwealth Games
Category:20th-century English sportswomen
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