Jan Cameron (coach)

Jan Cameron
Personal information
Birth nameJanice Gabrielle Murphy
National teamAustralia
Born20 February 1947
Sydney, Australia
Died30 April 2018(2018-04-30) (aged 71)
Queensland, Australia
Height1.50 m (4 ft 11 in)
Weight50 kg (110 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesFreestyle
Medal record
Women's swimming
Representing Australia
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 1964 Tokyo 4×100m freestyle
Swimming at the Commonwealth Games
Silver medal – second place 1966 Kingston 440 yd individual medley
Silver medal – second place 1966 Kingston 4×110 yd freestyle relay
Bronze medal – third place 1966 Kingston 110 yd freestyle

Janice Gabrielle Cameron (née Murphy, formerly Talbot), OAM (20 February 1947 – 30 April 2018) was an Australian competition swimmer and coach.

She won a silver medal at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics and three medals at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Jamaica. She coached with her first husband Don Talbot in Australia, Canada, and the United States, and then moved to New Zealand, where she worked as a coach and sporting administrator until 2011. From May 2013 until February 2017, she coached the Paralympic Swimming Program at the USC Spartans Swim Club based at University of the Sunshine Coast in Queensland, and she was Australia's National Para Sport Mentor Coach from February 2017 until her death.