Kim Hagger

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Kim Hagger
Personal information
NationalityBritish (English)
Born (1961-12-02) 2 December 1961 (age 63)
Plaistow, Essex, England
Height171 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Weight62 kg (137 lb)
Sport
SportAthletics
Event(s)
Heptathlon, long jump
ClubEssex Ladies Athletics Club
Medal record
Athletics
Representing  England
Commonwealth Games
Bronze medal – third place 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.

Biography

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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.

Hagger then moved to Manhattan, Kansas, where she competed in United States collegiate Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (AIAW) events.[1][2] She was an All-American for the Kansas State Wildcats track and field team, placing 6th in the women's pentathlon at the 1981 AIAW Indoor Track and Field Championships. She left the team in 1982 due to a coaching change.[3]

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.[4][5] 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.[6] 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. [7][8]

She represented England, at the 1990 Commonwealth Games in Auckland, New Zealand.[9][10][11] 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

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

International competitions

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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[12] 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[13]

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

References

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  1. ^ "K-State women drop dual". The Manhattan Mercury. 1 February 1981. p. 9. Retrieved 7 October 2025.
  2. ^ "Wenlock leaves country to set records at KSU". The Manhattan Mercury. 15 February 1982. p. 9. Retrieved 7 October 2025.
  3. ^ "Reactions vary on dismissal of Anderson". The Manhattan Mercury. 8 April 1982. p. 11. Retrieved 7 October 2025.
  4. ^ "1986 Athletes". Team England.
  5. ^ "England team in 1986". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 19 April 2019. Retrieved 5 October 2019.
  6. ^ "Athletics". Sunday Express. 26 July 1987. Retrieved 21 March 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  7. ^ "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 14 March 2025.
  8. ^ "AAA Championships (women)". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 14 March 2025.
  9. ^ "1990 Athletes". Team England.
  10. ^ "England team in 1990". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 4 April 2019. Retrieved 5 October 2019.
  11. ^ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 10 January 2022. Retrieved 5 October 2019.
  12. ^ 1986 Commonwealth Games, women's athletics results - Sporting Heroes
  13. ^ 1990 European Indoor Championships, women's long jump final - Die Leichtatletik-Statistik-Seite
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