Background
Hagger was born in Plaistow, Greater London.
Hagger was born in Plaistow, Greater London.
She represented Great Britain at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics and the 1988 Seoul Olympics. 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.
As of 2014, this still ranks her sixth on the United Kingdom all-time heptathlon list.
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 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. She was known for her complex theory on how to hold the javelin.