June Foulds
 Foulds and Paul in 1952 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | June Florence Foulds |
| Born | 13 June 1934 (age 89) Shepherd's Bush, England[1] |
| 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][2] |
Medal record | |
June Florence Foulds (born 13 June 1934) is a retired British track and field sprint runner.
Personal life
She became June Paul upon marrying British Olympic fencer Raymond Paul.[3] Their son Steven Paul also became an Olympic fencer[1] and another son Barry Paul won a Commonwealth Games gold medal. She was the second wife of singer Ronnie Carroll, with whom she owned an unsuccessful club in Grenada in the 1970s. They later divorced.[4]
She appeared as a "castaway" on the BBC Radio programme Desert Island Discs on 17 November 1958.[5]
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
- ^ a b c d 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.
- ^ June Paul (née Foulds). trackfield.brinkster.net
- ^ "June Paul". British Athletics. Retrieved 24 July 2014.
- ^ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/11535496/Ronnie-Carroll-singer-and-Eurovisionary-obituary.html
- ^ "Desert Island Discs – Castaway : June Paul". BBC Online. BBC. Retrieved 24 July 2014.
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