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June Florence Paul (née Foulds; 13 June 1934 – 6 November 2020) was a British track and field sprint runner.

June Foulds

June Foulds in 1952
Personal information
Birth name	June Florence Foulds
Born	(1934-06-13)13 June 1934 Shepherd's Bush, England[1]
Died	6 November 2020(2020-11-06) (aged 86)[2][3]
Height	170 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Weight	63 kg (139 lb)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	100 m, 200 m
Club	Spartan Ladies L.A.C., London
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	100 m – 11.6 (1956) 200 m – 23.7 (1956)[1][4]
Medal record Representing  Great Britain Olympic Games 1956 Melbourne 4×100 m 1952 Helsinki 4×100 m European Championships 1950 Brussels 4×100 m 1950 Brussels 100 m Representing  England British Empire and Commonwealth Games 1958 Cardiff 4×110 yd

Personal life

Born June Florence Foulds in Shepherd's Bush in 1934, she was brought up by her grandparents.[5] She married British Olympic fencer Raymond Paul.[6] Their son Steven Paul also became an Olympic fencer[1] and their nephew Barry Paul won a Commonwealth Games gold medal. She was the second wife of singer Ronnie Carroll, with whom she co-owned a successful club in Grenada in the 1970s, until political unrest halted tourism. They were to later divorce.[7] Her third husband was Eric Reynolds, divorcing after two years.[5] She ran a food stall and became a key figure in the development of the Camden Lock Markets, she ran several restaurants in London, including those trading as "Huffs". In 1993 she started running the "Hampstead Everyman Cinema", in Hampstead, London, turning the basement into a popular bar and restaurant, later selling the entire site to the Everyman Group.[8]

She appeared as a castaway on the BBC Radio programme Desert Island Discs on 17 November 1958.[9]

Foulds died at the age of 86.[2][8]

Athletics career

Foulds competed in the 100 m, 200 m and 4 × 100 metres relay at the 1952 and 1956 Olympics and won a bronze and a silver medal in the relay. Her best individual result was fifth place in the 200 m in 1956. At the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games she won a gold medal in the 4×110 yd relay in a world-record time alongside Dorothy Hyman, Madeleine Weston, and Heather Armitage and placed fourth in the 220 yards and fifth in the 100 yards.[1]

References

На других языках

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[de] June Foulds

June Florence Foulds, nach Heirat Paul, (* 13. Juni 1934 in London; † 6. November 2020) war eine britische Leichtathletin und Olympiateilnehmerin.

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- [en] June Foulds

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[fr] June Foulds

June Florence Foulds, née le 13 juin 1934 et morte le 6 novembre 2020[1], est une athlète britannique.

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[it] June Foulds-Paul

June Florence Foulds-Paul (Londra, 13 giugno 1934 – 6 novembre 2020[1]) è stata una velocista britannica, doppia medagliata ai Giochi olimpici estivi nel 1952 e 1956 come componente delle staffette 4×100 metri.

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