Jan Cameron (coach)
Janice Gabrielle Cameron (née Murphy, formerly Talbot), OAM(20 February 1947 – 30 April 2018) was an Australian competition swimmer and coach.
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| Birth name | Janice Gabrielle Murphy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| National team | Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 20 February 1947 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 30 April 2018 (aged 71) Queensland, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.50 m (4 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 50 kg (110 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Freestyle | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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She won a silver medal at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics and three medals at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Jamaica. She coached with her first husband Don Talbot in Australia, Canada, and the United States, and then moved to New Zealand, where she worked as a coach and sporting administrator until 2011. From May 2013 until February 2017, she coached the Paralympic Swimming Program at the USC Spartans Swim Club based at University of the Sunshine Coast in Queensland, and she was Australia's National Para Sport Mentor Coach from February 2017 until her death.
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