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.

[1] Born in Cambridge,[2] Hudgell grew up in Christchurch where she attended Villa Maria College[1] and raced for the Wharenui Swimming Club under her father Vincent Temple (Pic) Parkhouse.

[3] Jaynie Parkhouse Drive, within Queen Elizabeth II Park, where she won her gold and bronze medals, was named after her.

At the 1974 Commonwealth Games in front of a home crowd, Hudgell won the 800 metre freestyle ahead of Australian trio Rosemary Milgate, Sally Lockyer and world record holder Jenny Turrall in a time of 8:58.49.

[4] Hudgell would go on to claim the bronze medal in the 400 metre freestyle in a time of 4:23.09, only one secound behind Turrall.