# Jan Randles
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{{Short description|Australian Paralympic athlete (1945–2025)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2025}}
{{Use Australian English|date=March 2018}}
{{Infobox sportsperson|
| name = Jan Randles
{{Post-nominals|country=AUS|OAM}}
| image = Jan Randles 2024.jpg|alt=Photo of female paralympian seated with art works in background
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| caption = Randles in 2024
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| birth_date = {{birth date|df=y|1945|8|23}}
| birth_place = [Melbourne, Victoria](/source/Melbourne%2C_Victoria), Australia
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|2025|1|12|1945|8|23}}
| death_place = [Frankston, Victoria](/source/Frankston%2C_Victoria), Australia
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{{MedalSport |Athletics}}
{{MedalCompetition|[Paralympic Games](/source/Paralympic_Games)}}
{{MedalGold | [1984 New York/Stoke Mandeville](/source/1984_Summer_Paralympics) |Women's Marathon 4}}
{{MedalBronze | [1984 New York/Stoke Mandeville](/source/1984_Summer_Paralympics) |Women's 5000 m 4}}
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'''Janice Margaret Randles''' {{Post-nominals|country=AUS|OAM}} (23 August 1945 – 12 January 2025) was an Australian Paralympic athlete who competed in the [1984 New York/Stoke Mandeville Paralympics](/source/1984_Summer_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](/source/Madison_de_Rozario) at the [2020 Summer Paralympics](/source/2020_Summer_Paralympics).[{{Cite news |last=Pender |first=Kieran |date=3 March 2022 |title=Half a million words and 20m views: the project preserving Australia’s Paralympic history |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2022/mar/03/half-a-million-words-and-20m-views-the-project-preserving-australias-paralympic-history |access-date=3 March 2022}}]
Randles was awarded Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in June 2024 for service to Paralympic sports.[{{Cite web |date=10 June 2024 |title=Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in the General Division |url=https://www.gg.gov.au/sites/default/files/2024-06/KB24%20-%20Honours%20List%20Media%20Notes%20-%20Order%20of%20Australia%20-%20OAM.pdf |access-date=11 June 2024 |website=Governor-General of Australia |archive-date=10 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240610193347/https://www.gg.gov.au/sites/default/files/2024-06/KB24%20-%20Honours%20List%20Media%20Notes%20-%20Order%20of%20Australia%20-%20OAM.pdf |url-status=live }}]
== Background ==
Randles was born in Melbourne on 23 August 1945.[{{Cite web |last=Randles |first=Jan |date=8 December 2021 |title=Australian First Female Paralympic Marathon Gold Medallist: Jan Randles Journey |url=https://australiansportreflections.com/2021/12/08/australian-first-female-paralympic-marathon-gold-medallist-jan-randles-journey/ |access-date=3 March 2022 |website=Australian Sport Reflections |archive-date=1 February 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250201033354/https://australiansportreflections.com/2021/12/08/australian-first-female-paralympic-marathon-gold-medallist-jan-randles-journey/ |url-status=live }}] In 1974 whilst holidaying in [Bali](/source/Bali), she fell off a motorbike and broke her back.[{{cite web|title=J. Randles - IPC Historical Results Database (athlete search by surname: Randles)|url=https://www.paralympic.org/results/historical|publisher=International Paralympic Committee (IPC)|accessdate=13 July 2016|archive-date=28 June 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250628142341/https://www.paralympic.org/results/historical|url-status=live}}] She won two medals: a gold medal in the Women's Marathon 4 event and a bronze in the Women's 5000 m 4 event.[{{Cite web |title=[Biographical cuttings on Jan Randles, sportswoman, containing one or more cuttings from newspapers or... - Catalogue {{!}} National Library of Australia |url=https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/catalog/2009881 |access-date=13 February 2024 |website=catalogue.nla.gov.au |language=en |archive-date=13 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240213070011/https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/catalog/2009881 |url-status=live }}] and she is featured in a video published in 2012[{{Cite web |date=2012 |title=Disability Sport and Recreation 50th anniversary mini-documentary |url=https://victoriancollections.net.au/items/5e41fbd321ea670e503a43fe |access-date=11 March 2024 |website=Victorian Collections |language=en}}] to mark the 50th anniversary of Disability Sport and Recreation.[{{Citation |title=DSR 50th Anniversary Mini Documentary |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1RAmqyRJLY&t=0 |access-date=11 March 2024 |language=en}}]
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Category:1945 births
Category:2025 deaths
Category:Paralympic athletes for Australia
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1984 Summer Paralympics
Category:Paralympic gold medalists for Australia
Category:Paralympic bronze medalists for Australia
Category:Medalists at the 1984 Summer Paralympics
Category:Paralympic medalists in athletics (track and field)
Category:Australian women wheelchair racers
Category:Athletes from Melbourne
Category:Sportswomen from Victoria (state)
Category:Recipients of the Medal of the Order of Australia
Category:20th-century Australian sportswomen
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