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ATHLETICS CAREER

In 1993, he won the Stawell Gift . Also won the 1992 'novice' 100m at Stawell, and followed his Gift win in 1993 with a win in the backmarkers 120m invitation in 1994 - the only person in the 125 years of the Stawell Gift to win all three in successive years.

He is married to 1998 Commonwealth Games 5000m Gold medallist, Kate Anderson . Kate represented Australia in the 5000m at the 1996 Atlanta and 2000 Sydney Olympic Games. They have 2 daughters, Ruby and Milla.


RADIO CAREER

Currently he is a radio personality on melbourne sports radio station SEN 1116 . Nicknamed "Richo", Jason is considered by those who know him to be "full of energy and raring to go". He hosts the mornning timeslots on the weekends, and also is a fill-in '' Morning Glory '' host during January 2006. He can be heard on Morning Glory after 6:30 am every morning with an overnight and overseas news update for half an hour. He is also SEN 1116's athletics specialist.