Jaynie Parkhouse

Jaynie Parkhouse (Hudgell)
Personal information
Full name Jaynie Margaret Parkhouse
Nationality  New Zealand
Born (1956-04-17) 17 April 1956
Cambridge, Waikato
Height 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Freestyle

Jaynie Parkhouse (now Hudgell) (born 17 April 1956 in Cambridge, Waikato) is a retired female freestyle swimmer from New Zealand, who competed for her native country at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. She claimed the gold medal at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games in Christchurch, New Zealand, in the women's 800m freestyle and Bronze medal in the 400m freestyle. Jaynie Parkhouse Drive, within QE II park where she won her gold and bronze medals, was named after her.

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