June Foulds
June Florence Foulds (13 June 1934 – November 2020) was a British track and field sprint runner.
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Birth name | June Florence Foulds | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Shepherd's Bush, England[1] | 13 June 1934||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | November 2020[2] | (aged 86)||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 170 cm | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 63 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | 100 m, 200 m | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Spartan Ladies L.A.C., London | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Personal best(s) | 100 m – 11.6 (1956) 200 m – 23.7 (1956)[1][3] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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She was married to British Olympic fencer Raymond Paul.[4]
She appeared as a "castaway" on the BBC Radio programme Desert Island Discs on 17 November 1958.[5]
Foulds died at the age of 86.[2]
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.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 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 2020-04-17.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 June Foulds: Athlete, media star and a true market force. http://camdennewjournal.com/article/june-foulds-athlete-media-star-and-a-true-market-force. Retrieved 8 November 2020.
- ↑ June Paul (née Foulds). trackfield.brinkster.net
- ↑ "June Paul". British Athletics. Archived from the original on 28 June 2014. Retrieved 24 July 2014.
- ↑ "Desert Island Discs – Castaway : June Paul". BBC Online. BBC. Retrieved 24 July 2014.