Janelle Shepherd

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

She represented Australia at the 2008 Summer Olympics held in Beijing. There, she competed in the women's +78 kg class. Janelle won her early matches against Italy's Michela Torrenti and Germany's Sandra Köppen but lost in the quarterfinals to Cuba's Idalys Ortiz. Even though she didn’t move forward, Janelle 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.