[3] Ugen captained the Great Britain team at the inaugural Athletics World Cup in 2018, winning gold in the women's long jump.

As a child, she attended Townley Grammar School before going on to study at Christ the King Sixth Form College and then Brunel University London.

[5] Ugen went on to study at Texas Christian University in 2011 and began competing for the college's TCU Horned Frogs athletic team the following year.

She achieved a personal best of 6.74 m (22 ft 1+1⁄4 in) at that year's UK Championships, placing second but being just short of the Olympic qualifying standard.

[5] She has recently increased her personal best while soaring to great lengths at the European Indoor Championships in Belgrade during the 2017 season.