Background
She was born in Southampton, England in 1955.
She was born in Southampton, England in 1955.
The marriage later ended in divorce. She also was runner up in European cup finals in 1975, and 1977 in 400, and 400 relay again. After retiring from athletics Hartley married Robert Wass, better known as comedian and actor Bobby Knutt.
As Donna Hartley-Wass, she competed for several years on the United Kingdom women"s body building circuit, winning the National Amateur Body Building Association"s Mission Britain Physique trophy in 1988, having placed third the previous year.
Her bodybuilding career was short-lived and for several years after that she ran a line dancing school in Sheffield near the family home. Hartley-Wass featured on the front cover of Health & Strength Magazine.
Hartley trained at a Sheffield health studio jointly owned by Bobby Knutt.