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Line 1: {{short description\|British athlete}} '''Kim Hagger''' (born 2 December 1961) is a retired [[England\|English]] athlete who competed mainly in the [[heptathlon]] and the [[long jump]]. She represented [[Great Britain]] at the [[1984 Summer Olympics\|1984 Los Angeles Olympics]] and the [[1988 Summer Olympics\|1988 Seoul Olympics]].▼ {{Use dmy dates\|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox sportsperson \| headercolor = \| name = Kim Hagger \| image = \| image_size = <!--Only for images narrower than 220 pixels.--> \| caption = \| birth_name = \| fullname = \| nickname = \| citizenship = \| residence = \| birth_date = {{Birth date and age\|1961\|12\|02\|df=yes}} \| birth_place = [[Plaistow, Newham\|Plaistow]], [[Essex]],<!-- Do not change to London, Palistow was in Essex in 1961 --> England \| death_date = \| death_place = \| education = \| alma_mater = \| occupation = \| years_active = \| website = \| country = \| sport = Athletics \| event = \| league = \| league_type = \| employer = \| agent = \| height = \| weight = \| universityteam = \| club = Essex Ladies Athletic Club, East Ham \| turnedpro = \| partner = \| former_partner = \| coach = \| coaching = \| retired = \| worlds = \| regionals = \| nationals = \| olympics = \| paralympics = \| highestranking = \| pb = \| medaltemplates = {{MedalSport \| Athletics}} {{MedalCountry \| {{ENG}} }} {{MedalCompetition\|[[Commonwealth Games]]}} {{MedalBronze\| [[1986 Commonwealth Games\|1986 Edinburgh]] \| [[Athletics at the 1986 Commonwealth Games\|heptathlon]]}} }} ▲'''Kim Hagger''' (born 2 December 1961) is a retired ~~[[England\|~~English]] athlete who competed mainly in the [[heptathlon]] and the [[long jump]]. She represented [[Great Britain]] at the [[1984 Summer Olympics\|1984 Los Angeles Olympics]] and the [[1988 Summer Olympics\|1988 Seoul Olympics]]. ==Career== Hagger was born in [[Plaistow, Newham\|Plaistow]], [[~~Greater London~~Essex]]<!-- Do not change to London, Palistow was in Essex in 1961 -->. She won the [[~~British Athletics~~AAA Championships~~\|AAAs National~~]] 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 [[Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics\|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 Athletics Championships ~~in Athletics~~\|UK long jump title]], before going on to win a bronze medal in the heptathlon for [[England at the 1986 Commonwealth Games\|England]] at the [[Commonwealth Games]] in Edinburgh, with a score of 5823.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://teamengland.org/commonwealth-games-history/edinburgh-1986/athletes\|title=1986 Athletes\|website=Team England}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=https://thecgf.com/results/games/3041/19/all\|title=England team in 1986\|website=Commonwealth Games Federation}}</ref> She also finished fourth in the long jump. Two weeks later at the [[1986 European Athletics Championships\|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 [[1987 World Championships in Athletics\|World Championships]] in Rome, with a score of 6167. At her second Olympics in [[Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics\|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\|England]], at the [[1990 Commonwealth Games]] in [[Auckland]], [[New Zealand]].<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://teamengland.org/commonwealth-games-history/auckland-1990/athletes\|title=1990 Athletes\|website=Team England}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=https://thecgf.com/results/games/3042/19/all\|title=England team in 1990\|website=Commonwealth Games Federation}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=https://thecgf.com/results/athletes/41128\|title=Athletes and results\|website=Commonwealth Games Federation}}</ref> 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. Line 13 ⟶ 65: 1986 UK Long Jump champion 1989 AAAs Heptathlon champion 1988/90/91 AAAs Indoor Long Jump champion ==International competitions== Line 82 ⟶ 134: ==References== {{reflist}} [http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ha/kim-hagger-1.html sports-reference] {{iaaf name\|id=60693}} ==External links== ~~{{Reflist}}~~ {{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}} {{Footer UK NC Long Jump Women}} {{authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Hagger, Kim}} [[Category:1961 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Sportspeople from London]]▼ [[Category:People from Plaistow, Newham]] ▲[[Category:~~Sportspeople~~Athletes from the London Borough of Newham]] [[Category:British heptathletes]] [[Category:English heptathletes]] [[Category:British female long jumpers]] [[Category:English female long jumpers]] ~~[[Category:Female long jumpers]]~~ ~~[[Category:British female athletes]]~~ ~~[[Category:English sportswomen]]~~ [[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1984 Summer Olympics]] [[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics]] [[Category:Olympic athletes offor Great Britain]] [[Category:Commonwealth Games competitors for England]]▼ [[Category:Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics]] [[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1986 Commonwealth Games]] [[Category:~~World~~Athletes ~~Championships~~(track inand ~~Athletics~~field) ~~athletes~~at ~~for~~the ~~Great~~1990 ~~Britain~~Commonwealth Games]] [[Category:World Athletics Championships athletes for Great Britain]] ▲[[Category:Commonwealth Games ~~competitors~~bronze medallists for England]] [[Category:Medallists at the 1986 Commonwealth Games]] ~~{{England-athletics-bio-stub}}~~