The 31-year-old has been troubled by a knee injury and had always intended that the Beijing heptathlon would be her last, but had considered competing in the long jump.

But, after finishing 32nd with 5729 points on her Olympic debut at the weekend, she admits she is unlikely to carry on.

The former Deepings School pupil said: "Being in that stadium made me realise just how much I love what I do, but I need to think about whether to carry on training and do long jump or whether to get into my coaching and put my knowledge and experience back into the sport."

Hollman ran 13.18 in the sprint hurdles, cleared 1.83m in the high jump, reached 12.45m in the shot and ran 25.41 in the 200m on day one last Friday.

She then leapt 6.13m in the long jump, threw the javelin 39.08m and ran 2.22.54 in the 800m on Saturday.

Hollman added: "I was a little disappointed with my score, but I enjoyed the experience so much.

"It was my running speed that let me down and that was due to missing a big chunk of training in June and July, but I am an Olympian and no one can take that away from me."