Jaynie Margaret Hudgell (née Parkhouse, born 17 April 1956) 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 800 m freestyle and bronze medal in the 400 m freestyle.

Born in Cambridge, Hudgell grew up in Christchurch where she attended Villa Maria College.

Jaynie Parkhouse

Jaynie Parkhouse Drive, within Queen Elizabeth II Park, where she won her gold and bronze medals, was named after her. Parkhouse Reserve and Parkhouse Street in Rangiora are also named after her.

Jaynie Parkhouse

In 2021 she became president of Swimming New Zealand.

Jaynie Parkhouse

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1956 births

Living people

New Zealand female swimmers

New Zealand female freestyle swimmers

Olympic swimmers for New Zealand

Swimmers at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games

Swimmers at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Commonwealth Games gold medallists for New Zealand

Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for New Zealand

Sportspeople from Cambridge, New Zealand

Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming

20th-century New Zealand women

21st-century New Zealand women

Medallists at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games