# Jane Saville > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Jane_Saville > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Jane_Saville.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Saville > Source revision: 1322911879 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Australian racewalker Jane Saville Personal information Born (1974-11-05) 5 November 1974 (age 51) Sydney, Australia **Jane Kara Saville** (born 5 November 1974) is an Australian [race walker](/source/Race_walking) who won a bronze medal at the [2004 Summer Olympics](/source/2004_Summer_Olympics) in [Athens](/source/Athens). She was born in [Sydney](/source/Sydney). Saville, from an athletically inclined family, competed in swimming, [surf lifesaving](/source/Surf_lifesaving), and walking as a junior athlete. She has competed at four Olympics, with a midfield result in [1996](/source/1996_Summer_Olympics). In the 20 km [racewalking](/source/Racewalking) event at the [2000 Summer Olympics](/source/2000_Summer_Olympics) in her home city of Sydney, when heading into the stadium's tunnel for the final stretch, Saville was disqualified for an [illegal gait](/source/Racewalking#Rules) (*lifting*, a very common occurrence in race walking; the previous leader of the event had already been disqualified). Saville collapsed in tears. Afterwards, when asked what she needed, she replied: "A gun to shoot myself".[1] Saville recovered her composure soon after and was publicly philosophical about her loss.[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*] On her bronze medal in Athens, Saville stated: "Nothing will make up for a gold medal in your home town, but you know this is where the Olympics began and any medal here, you know, I'm absolutely ecstatic with it".[2] Saville has won three gold medals at the [Commonwealth Games](/source/Commonwealth_Games): in the 10-kilometre walk in 1998 and in the 20-kilometre walk in 2002 and 2006. She has won the Australian women's race walking championship five times. She was the Australian [flagbearer](/source/Standard-bearer) at the [2006 Commonwealth Games](/source/2006_Commonwealth_Games) in [Melbourne](/source/Melbourne).[3] She is coached by her husband, professional cyclist [Matt White](/source/Matt_White_(cyclist)). She splits her time between Sydney and [Oliva](/source/Oliva), [Spain](/source/Spain). Her sister, [Natalie Saville](/source/Natalie_Saville), is also a race walker and finished second to her at the 2006 Commonwealth Games.[4] Saville announced her retirement from competitive racewalking in February 2009,[5] with her future plans including continued work in community health and fitness promotion and a role on the [IAAF](/source/IAAF) racewalking technical committee.[6] Saville has completed a [Bachelor's degree](/source/Bachelor's_degree#BA,_AB,_BS,_BSc,_SB,_ScB) in [social sciences](/source/Social_science) from the [University of New South Wales](/source/University_of_New_South_Wales).[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*] Both Jane and her sister Natalie Saville live in the City of Randwick Local Government Area. Together with Natalie, Jane was presented with the Keys to the City of Randwick on 22 October 2002 by Mayor Dominic Sullivan in recognition of outstanding achievement in sport.[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*] ## Personal life Saville is married to former professional cyclist [Matt White](/source/Matt_White_(cyclist)) and lives in [Spain](/source/Spain) with their three children.[7] She is a supporter of her hometown [rugby league](/source/Rugby_league) club the [South Sydney Rabbitohs](/source/South_Sydney_Rabbitohs).[8] ## Notes 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Greg Buckle (28 July 2004). ["Saville keeps feet on ground after tears"](http://www.rediff.com/sports/2004/jul/28oly-sav.htm). [Reuters](/source/Reuters). Retrieved 22 August 2008. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** [ABC News](/source/ABC_News_(Australia)) (23 August 2004). ["Saville wins walking bronze"](https://web.archive.org/web/20080523144216/http://www.abc.net.au/sport/content/200408/s1183227.htm). Archived from [the original](http://www.abc.net.au/sport/content/200408/s1183227.htm) on 23 May 2008. Retrieved 22 August 2008. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** David Tarbotton (16 June 2022). ["Jane Saville inducted into the Commonwealth Games NSW Hall of Fame"](https://www.nswathletics.org.au/news/jane-saville-inducted-into-the-commonwealth-games-nsw/). Retrieved 28 December 2024. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Natalie Saville"](https://www.olympics.com.au/olympians/natalie-saville/). Retrieved 28 December 2024. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ABC News (12 February 2009). ["Olympian Saville calls it quits"](https://web.archive.org/web/20090205123211/http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/02/02/2479978.htm). Archived from [the original](http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/02/02/2479978.htm) on 5 February 2009. Retrieved 12 February 2009. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["Jane Saville retires, walks into community role"](https://janesavillenews.blogspot.com/2009/02/here-is-press-release-about-my.html). Jane Saville. 2 February 2009. Retrieved 2 February 2009. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** ["UNSW Sport Hall of Fame Member: Jane Saville"](https://www.unsw.edu.au/news/2023/06/unsw-sport-hall-of-fame-member--jane-saville/). 28 June 2023. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** ["Jane Saville - My Souths Story"](https://www.rabbitohs.com.au/news/2018/02/14/my-souths-story-jane-saville/). *South Sydney Rabbitohs*. 13 February 2018. ## External links - [Official website](https://web.archive.org/web/20060529235054/http://www.janesaville.com/) - [Jane Saville](https://worldathletics.org/athletes/-/14271349) at [World Athletics](/source/World_Athletics) - [Video of 2000 Olympic disqualification](http://corporate.olympics.com.au/media/video/B4580B80-2FB2-11E3-A7D0005056A37760) v t e Commonwealth Games champions in women's 10 km and 20 km race walk 10 kilometres (1990-1998; 2022) 1990: Kerry Saxby-Junna (AUS) 1994: Kerry Saxby-Junna (AUS) 1998: Jane Saville (AUS) 2022: Jemima Montag (AUS) 20 kilometres (2002-2018) 2002: Jane Saville (AUS) 2006: Jane Saville (AUS) 2010: Johanna Jackson (ENG) 2014: not held 2018: Jemima Montag (AUS) v t e Australian national champions in women's 20 km walk 1983: Sally Pierson 1984 – 1987: Kerry Saxby 1988: Bev Hayman 1989: Kerry Saxby 1990: Susan Cook 1991: Sharon Schnyder 1992: Gabrielle Blythe 1993 – 1995: Anne Manning 1996: Simone Wolowiec 1997: Jill Barrett-Maybir 1998 – 1999: Wendy Muldoon 2000: Erica Alfridi (ITA) 2001: Kerry Saxby-Junna 2002 – 2006: Jane Saville 2007: Claire Woods Authority control databases: People World Athletics Trove Australian Women's Register --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Jane Saville](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Saville) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Saville?action=history)). 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