Janelle Shepherd

Janelle Shepherd was born on 3 May 1985 in Sydney, New South Wales. She is an Australian judoka. Janelle competed in the women's heavyweight category. She was a five-time Australian judo champion in 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, and 2010. She was a member of the University of New South Wales Judo Club and was coached by John Buckley.

Janelle represented Australia at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. She competed in the women's +78 kg class. Janelle won her early matches against Italy's Michela Torrenti and Germany's Sandra Köppen. She lost in the quarterfinals to Cuba's Idalys Ortiz. Although she didn’t move forward, she had another chance to win a bronze medal by joining the repechage rounds. She finished in ninth place after losing to Egypt's Samah Ramadan in the second repechage bout.