Janelle Elford

Janelle Pallister
Personal information
Birth nameJanelle Elford[1][2]
Full nameJanelle Pallister[1][2]
Born (1970-02-13) 13 February 1970 (age 54)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesFreestyle
Medal record
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place 1990 Auckland 4 x 200m freestyle relay
Silver medal – second place 1990 Auckland 800 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 1990 Auckland 400 m freestyle

Janelle Pallister (née Elford, born 13 February 1970) is an Australian swimmer and coach.[1][2] She competed in two events at the 1988 Summer Olympics.[3][4] At the 1990 Commonwealth Games she won a gold medal.[1]

She is the mother and coach to Owen Pallister and mother and coach of Australian competitive swimmer and lifesaving athlete Lani Pallister.[1][2]

  1. ^ a b c d e Race, Retta (13 December 2020). "Lani Pallister & Mom Coach Janelle Make Move To Griffith". SwimSwam. Retrieved 9 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b c d Hanson, Ian (13 December 2020). "Lani Pallister Will Prepare For The Tokyo Olympic Trials On Gold Coast after Mum Janelle's Coaching Switch". Swimming World. Retrieved 9 November 2021.
  3. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Janelle Elford Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 31 March 2017.
  4. ^ "Janelle Pallister". Australian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 6 June 2021.