Jan Randles

Jan Randles
OAM
Photo of female paralympian seated with art works in background
Jan Randles, 1984 Australian Paralympian photographed 2024
Personal information
Nationality Australia
Born (1945-08-23) 23 August 1945 (age 79)
Melbourne, Victoria
Medal record
Athletics
Paralympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1984 New York/Stoke Mandeville Women's Marathon 4
Bronze medal – third place 1984 New York/Stoke Mandeville Women's 5000 m 4

Janice "Jan" Margaret Randles OAM (born 23 August 1945) is a Paralympic athletics competitor from Australia who competed in the 1984 New York/Stoke Mandeville Paralympics and won two medals - gold and bronze. She was the first female Australian Paralympian to win a Paralympic Games marathon. The next Australian woman to win a Paralympic marathon was Madison de Rozario at the 2020 Summer Paralympics.[1]

Randles was awarded Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in June 2024 for service to Paralympic sports.[2]

  1. ^ Pender, Kieran (3 March 2022). "Half a million words and 20m views: the project preserving Australia's Paralympic history". The Guardian. Retrieved 3 March 2022.
  2. ^ "Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in the General Division" (PDF). Governor-General of Australia. 10 June 2024. Retrieved 11 June 2024.