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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 nameJune Florence Foulds
Born(1934-06-13)13 June 1934
Shepherd's Bush, England[1]
Died6 November 2020(2020-11-06) (aged 86)[2][3]
Height170 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Weight63 kg (139 lb)
Sport
SportAthletics
Event(s)100 m, 200 m
ClubSpartan 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 Melbourne4×100 m
1952 Helsinki4×100 m
European Championships
1950 Brussels4×100 m
1950 Brussels100 m
Representing  England
British Empire and Commonwealth Games
1958 Cardiff4×110 yd

Personal life


Foulds (left) and Raymond Paul in 1952
Foulds (left) and Raymond Paul in 1952

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


  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "June Foulds-Paul". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020.
  2. "June Foulds: Athlete, media star and a true market force". Camden New Journal. Retrieved 8 November 2020.
  3. "Trailblazing sprinter June Foulds dies". 9 November 2020. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
  4. June Paul (née Foulds). trackfield.brinkster.net
  5. "Interview: Still doing her personal best at 60: In the Fifties June". The Independent. 7 December 1993. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
  6. "June Paul". British Athletics. Retrieved 24 July 2014.
  7. "Ronnie Carroll, singer and 'Eurovisionary' - obituary". The Telegraph. 14 April 2015. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
  8. "June Foulds: Athlete, media star and a true market force". Camden New Journal. Retrieved 27 November 2020.
  9. "Desert Island Discs – Castaway : June Paul". BBC Online. BBC. Retrieved 24 July 2014.

На других языках


[de] June Foulds

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

[fr] June Foulds

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

[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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