Lea Haggett
Dulwich, London | |||||||||||||||
Died | 31 December 2013 | (aged 41)||||||||||||||
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Lea Haggett (9 May 1972 - 31 December 2013)[1] was an English high jumper. She represented Great Britain at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta and won a bronze medal at the 1990 World Junior Championships in Plovdiv. She held the UK junior record for 23 years, from 1991 to 2014.
Career
Haggett was born in
In 1990, still only eighteen, Haggett was the UK's number one female high jumper, winning the
Haggett began the 1991 season by improving her personal best to 1.91 m at a meeting in
In 1992, at the AAAs Championships, incorporating the Olympic trials, Haggett won her second AAAs title with 1.89 m but failed to earn Olympic selection. Her 1.91 m best from the previous year was one centimetre short of the qualifying standard.
After a year out with an injury, Haggett returned in 1994 and earned selection for both the
In 1995, Haggett was the UK number one for the second time, with a season's best of 1.90 m. At the AAAs Championships, she won on countback ahead of Diana Davies and Debbie Marti, to earn World Championships selection. All three cleared 1.85 m. At the World Championships in Gothenburg, she cleared 1.75 m and was eliminated in qualification.
Haggett earned Olympic selection in 1996 by achieving her lifetime best of 1.92 m at the AAAs Championships (Olympic trials) in Birmingham.[4] She finished second to Debbie Marti who cleared 1.94. At the Atlanta Olympics, although failing to reach the final, she produced her best jump in a major championships with 1.90 m, defeating Marti, who cleared 1.85 m. Haggett and Marti were the last British women to compete in an Olympic high jump competition until Morgan Lake competed in 2016.[5] Atlanta would prove to be Haggett's final major championships.
As of 2015, Haggett's best jump of 1.92 m from 1996 ranks her 11th on the UK all-time list. Her 1.91 m from 1991, when she was 19, stood as the UK junior record for 23 years.[6] Susan Jones equalled the record in 1997 before Morgan Lake broke it in 2014 by clearing 1.93 m.
International competitions
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Notes | |
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1990 | World Junior Championships | Plovdiv, Bulgaria
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3rd | 1.88 m | |
European Championships
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Split, Yugoslavia | 17th (q) | 1.75 m
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1991 | European Junior Championships
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Thessalonika, Greece
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4th | 1.89 m | |
1992 | European Indoor Championships
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Genoa, Italy
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18th | 1.80 m | |
1994 | European Championships
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Helsinki, Finland
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34th (q) | 1.75 m | |
Commonwealth Games | Victoria, Canada
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5th | 1.88 m
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1995 | European Cup Super League | Villeneuve-d'Ascq, France | 6th | 1.86 m | |
World Championships | Gothenburg, Sweden
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35th (q) | 1.75 m
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1996 | European Cup Super League | Madrid, Spain | 7th | 1.84 m | |
Olympic Games | Atlanta, United States
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16th (q) | 1.90 m
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(q) indicates overall position in qualifying round |
National titles
- AAA Championships (1990, 1992, 1995)
- UK Championships (1991)
- AAA Indoor Championships (1995)
References
- ^ HAGGETT, LEA MAUREEN, 1972 GRO Reference: DOR Q2/2014 in Kent (564-1Y) Entry Number 510398914
- ^ Lea Haggett. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2015-01-08.
- ^ "Women High Jump Athletics XV European Championships 1990 Split (YUG)". www.todor66.com.
- ^ "Ranking List". Archived from the original on 20 February 2017. Retrieved 29 November 2013.
- ^ "Women High Jump Olympic Games and World Championships History". Archived from the original on 4 October 2013. Retrieved 29 November 2013.
- ^ [1][dead link]