John Desmond Eden (born 27 October 1955) is a leg-amputee athlete and Australian and New Zealand Paralympian.

In 1984, he decided to turn his attention to the discus and stated I was not really tall enough (for the high jump) and lost a lot of natural spring after the second amputation.

[2] At the 1990 World Championships and Games for the Disabled in Assen, Netherlands, he won a bronze medal in the men's discus 5F.

[3] In 1991, the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) established an Athletics with a Disability Program and he became an inaugural scholarship holder and was coached by Chris Nunn.

At the end of his Paralympic career in 2000, Eden said "I like competing; it is a nice way to meet people and it makes me feel normal.

[7] Eden's athletic ability was highlighted at the AIS in 1995, where in a resistance test he recorded the highest score.

[9] Eden is currently coaching Paralympic athletes Madeleine Hogan,[10] a world leading F46 javelin thrower, Charlotte Saville,[11] and Brydee Moore.