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Jenna Margaret Randall (born 20 September 1988) is an English 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 officially branded as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes fr ...
and
London 2012 The 2012 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012, were 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 is a quadrennial international multi-sport event among athletes from the Commonwealth of Nations, which consists mostly, but not exclusively, of territories of the former British Empire. The event was first held in 1930 ...
silver medallist.


Personal life

Randall was born in
Ascot, Berkshire Ascot () is a town in the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead, in Berkshire, England. It is south of Windsor, east of Bracknell and west of London. It is most notable as the location of Ascot Racecourse, home of the Royal Ascot meeti ...
,
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and educated at
Hurst Lodge School Hurst Lodge School, established in 1945, is a non-selective independent school originally based in Ascot, Berkshire, England, for girls and boys aged three to eighteen, with about 250 children of all ages. The school is now located in Yateley ...
, Ascot. She is the older sister of synchronised swimmer
Asha Randall Asha Katherine Randall (born 6 April 1990) is an English synchronised swimmer who represented Great Britain in the team event at the 2012 London Olympics. Asha is the younger sister of synchronized swimmer Jenna Randall. Since announcing he ...
.


Career

Jenna first competed at the Commonwealth Games in
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in
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where she won the silver medal in the women's solo event. At the
2010 Commonwealth Games The 2010 Commonwealth Games, officially known as the XIX Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Delhi 2010, were an international multi-sport event for the members of the Commonwealth that was held in Delhi, India, from 3 to 14 October 201 ...
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 synchronised swimmer. She was born in Plymouth. Career Her most notable achievements to date are winning four consecutive gold medals at the British Synchronised ...
to win silver in the women's duet. Randall has competed at two
Olympic Games The modern Olympic Games (Olympics; ) are the world's preeminent international Olympic sports, sporting events. They feature summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of athletes from around the world participate in a Multi-s ...
. In
Beijing 2008 The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and officially branded as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes fr ...
she finished fourteenth in the
duet A duet (italian language, Italian: ''duo'') is a musical composition for two Performing arts, performers in which the performers have equal importance to the piece, often a composition involving two singers or two pianists. It differs from a har ...
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, were 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 (italian language, Italian: ''duo'') is a musical composition for two Performing arts, performers in which the performers have equal importance to the piece, often a composition involving two singers or two pianists. It differs from a har ...
, 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 of the Kellogg School of Management, " team is a group of people who are interdependent with respect to in ...
event. Jenna announced her retirement from synchronised swimming in 2013. She later joined
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's '' O''.


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* * * * * (2006) * (2010) {{DEFAULTSORT:Randall, Jenna 1988 births British synchronised swimmers Cirque du Soleil performers Commonwealth Games silver medallists in synchronised swimming Commonwealth Games silver medallists for England Living people Medallists at the 2006 Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 2010 Commonwealth Games 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 Sportspeople from Ascot, Berkshire 21st-century British sportswomen English synchronised swimmers 21st-century English sportswomen