{{Short description|British sprinter (1934–2020)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2020}} {{Use British English|date=July 2020}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = | image = June Foulds (1952).jpg | image_size = | caption = June Foulds in 1952 | birth_name = June Florence Foulds | fullname = | nationality = | residence = | birth_date = {{birth date|1934|06|13|df=y}} | birth_place = {{nowrap|Shepherd's Bush, England<ref name=sr>{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/fo/june-foulds-paul-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417184721/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/fo/june-foulds-paul-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |title=June Foulds-Paul}}</ref>}} | death_date = {{death date and age|2020|11|6|1934|06|13|df=y}}<ref name="obit">{{cite news|url=http://camdennewjournal.com/article/june-foulds-athlete-media-star-and-a-true-market-force |title=June Foulds: Athlete, media star and a true market force|website=Camden New Journal|access-date=8 November 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://athleticsweekly.com/athletics-news/trailblazing-sprinter-june-foulds-dies-1039937348/|title=Trailblazing sprinter June Foulds dies|date=9 November 2020|access-date=9 November 2020}}</ref> | death_place = | height = 170 cm | weight = 63 kg | country = | sport = Athletics | event = 100 m, 200 m | pb = 100 m – 11.6 (1956)<br>200 m – 23.7 (1956)<ref name=sr/><ref>[http://trackfield.brinkster.net/Profile.asp?ID=2057&Gender=W June Paul (née Foulds)]. trackfield.brinkster.net</ref> | club = Spartan Ladies<br>L.A.C. | alma_mater = | retired = | olympics = | highestranking = | show-medals = yes | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|Women's athletics}} {{MedalCountry|{{GBR2}}}} {{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}} {{MedalSilver| 1956 Melbourne|4×100 m}} {{MedalBronze| 1952 Helsinki|4×100 m}} {{MedalCompetition|European Championships}} {{MedalGold| 1950 Brussels|4×100 m}} {{MedalBronze| 1950 Brussels|100 m}} {{MedalCountry|{{ENG}}}} {{MedalCompetition|British Empire and Commonwealth Games}} {{MedalGold| 1958 Cardiff|4×110 yd}} }}
'''June Florence Paul''', née '''Foulds''', (13 June 1934 – 6 November 2020) was a British track and field sprint runner.
==Early life== [[File:June Foulds 1952.jpg|thumb|left|Foulds (left) and Raymond Paul in 1952]] Born June Florence Foulds in Shepherd's Bush in 1934, she was brought up by her grandparents.<ref name=":1">{{cite news|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/interview-still-doing-her-personal-best-at-60-in-the-fifties-june-paul-ran-like-the-wind-for-britain-1465983.html|title=Interview: Still doing her personal best at 60: In the Fifties June|date=7 December 1993|work=The Independent|access-date=28 July 2020}}</ref>
She originated from East Acton.<ref>''Daily Mirror'' Monday 11 July 1949, page 11</ref> She lived at 80 Fitzneal Street. She attended Burlington Grammar School on Wood Lane.<ref>''Acton Gazette'' Friday 16 June 1950, page 2</ref> She left school in 1951 aged 17.
==Personal life== She married British Olympic fencer Raymond Paul.<ref name="BA">{{cite web |url=http://www.britishathletics.org.uk/e-inspire/hall-of-fame-athletes/june-paul/ |title=June Paul |publisher=British Athletics |access-date=24 July 2014}}</ref> Their son Steven Paul also became an Olympic fencer<ref name=sr/> 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.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/11535496/Ronnie-Carroll-singer-and-Eurovisionary-obituary.html|title=Ronnie Carroll, singer and 'Eurovisionary' - obituary|date=14 April 2015|access-date=28 July 2020|work=The Telegraph}}</ref> Her third husband was Eric Reynolds, divorcing after two years.<ref name=":1" /> 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.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=June Foulds: Athlete, media star and a true market force|url=http://camdennewjournal.com/article/june-foulds-athlete-media-star-and-a-true-market-force|access-date=2020-11-27|website=Camden New Journal|language=en-gb}}</ref>
She appeared as a castaway on the BBC Radio programme ''Desert Island Discs'' on 17 November 1958.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p009y81c |title=Desert Island Discs – Castaway : June Paul |work=BBC Online |publisher=BBC |access-date=24 July 2014}}</ref>
Foulds died at the age of 86.<ref name="obit"/><ref name=":0" />
== Athletics career == Foulds became the national 100 metres champion after winning the British WAAA Championships title at the 1950 WAAA Championships<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0004941/19500709/271/0010 |title=Shaky start by Maureen ended well |work=Sunday Express |date=9 July 1950 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription |access-date=14 February 2025 }}</ref> and successfully retained her title the following year at the 1951 WAAA Championships.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nuts.org.uk/Champs/AAA/index.htm |title=AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists |website=National Union of Track Statisticians |access-date=14 February 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/bc/waaa.htm |title=AAA Championships (women) |website=GBR Athletics |access-date=14 February 2025 }}</ref>
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.
Paul sealed a sprint double at the 1956 WAAA Championships, winning both the 100 and 220 yards titles.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0004941/19560812/285/0012 |title=Girl of 19 beats world record |work=Sunday Express |date=12 August 1956 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription |access-date=19 February 2025 }}</ref>
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.<ref name=sr/>
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