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{{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]].▼
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{{MedalSport | Athletics}}
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{{MedalBronze| [[1986 Commonwealth Games|1986 Edinburgh]] | [[Athletics at the 1986 Commonwealth Games|heptathlon]]}}
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▲'''Kim Hagger''' (born 2 December 1961) is a retired
==Career==
Hagger was born in [[Plaistow, Newham|Plaistow]], [[Essex]]<!-- Do not change to London, Palistow was in Essex in 1961 -->. She won the [[
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 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.
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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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==References==
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==External links==
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[[Category:1961 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from London]]▼
[[Category:People from Plaistow, Newham]]
[[Category:British heptathletes]]
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[[Category:Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England]]
[[Category:Medallists at the 1986 Commonwealth Games]]
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