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Jenna Randall (born 20 September 1988) is an
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former Synchronised swimmer who represented
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at the
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in
Beijing 2008 The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Nat ...
and
London 2012 The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...
. She is also a three-time
Commonwealth Games The Commonwealth Games, often referred to as the Friendly Games or simply the Comm Games, are a quadrennial international multi-sport event among athletes from the Commonwealth of Nations. The event was first held in 1930, and, with the exce ...
silver medallist.


Personal life

Randall was born in
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,
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and educated at
Hurst Lodge School {{{Use British English, date=February 2023 {{coord, 51.388, -0.671, display=title {{Infobox school , name = Hurst Lodge School , image = , image_size = , motto = , established = 1945 , closed = , type = Independent , president = , head ...
, Ascot. She is the older sister of synchronised swimmer Asha Randall.


Career

Jenna first competed at the Commonwealth Games in
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in
Melbourne Melbourne ( ; Boonwurrung/Woiwurrung: ''Narrm'' or ''Naarm'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Its name generally refers to a met ...
where she won the silver medal in the women's solo event. At the
2010 Commonwealth Games The 2010 Commonwealth Games (Hindi: 2010 राष्ट्रमण्डल खेल), officially known as the XIX Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Delhi 2010, was an international multi-sport event that was held in Delhi, India, f ...
in
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,
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, Randall again won the silver medal in the women's solo event and teamed up with
Olivia Allison Olivia Elizabeth N. Federici (née Allison; born 13 February 1990) is a British synchronized swimmer. She was born in Plymouth. Career Her most notable achievements to date are winning four consecutive gold medals at the British Synchronized ...
to win silver in the women's duet. Randall has competed at two
Olympic Games The modern Olympic Games or Olympics (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques) are the leading international sporting events featuring summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of athletes from around the world participate in a var ...
. In
Beijing 2008 The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Nat ...
she finished fourteenth in the
duet A duet is a musical composition for two performers in which the performers have equal importance to the piece, often a composition involving two singers or two pianists. It differs from a harmony, as the performers take turns performing a solo ...
event with Olivia Federici (then known as Olivia Allison), while at the
London 2012 The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...
Games she finished ninth in the
duet A duet is a musical composition for two performers in which the performers have equal importance to the piece, often a composition involving two singers or two pianists. It differs from a harmony, as the performers take turns performing a solo ...
, again with Federici and sixth in the
team A team is a group of individuals (human or non-human) working together to achieve their goal. As defined by Professor Leigh Thompson (academic), Leigh Thompson of the Kellogg School of Management, " team is a group of people who are interde ...
event. Jenna announced her retirement from synchronised swimming in 2013.


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Randall, Jenna 1988 births British synchronised swimmers Commonwealth Games silver medallists for England Living people Olympic synchronised swimmers for Great Britain People educated at Hurst Lodge School Synchronised swimmers at the 2006 Commonwealth Games Synchronised swimmers at the 2010 Commonwealth Games Synchronized swimmers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Synchronized swimmers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Commonwealth Games medallists in synchronised swimming Medallists at the 2006 Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 2010 Commonwealth Games