June Florence Paul (née Foulds; 13 June 1934 – 6 November 2020) was a British

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sprint runner.

Personal life

Born June Florence Foulds in Shepherd's Bush in 1934, she was brought up by her grandparents. She married British Olympic fencer Raymond Paul. Their son

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also became an Olympic fencer and their nephew

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won a Commonwealth Games gold medal. She was the second wife of singer

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, with whom she co-owned a successful club in Grenada in the 1970s, until political unrest halted tourism. They were to later divorce. Her third husband was Eric Reynolds, divorcing after two years. 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. She appeared as a castaway on the

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'' on 17 November 1958. Foulds died at the age of 86.

Athletics career

Foulds competed in the 100 m, 200 m and

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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

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, Madeleine Weston, and

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and placed fourth in the 220 yards and fifth in the 100 yards.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Foulds, June 1934 births 2020 deaths British female sprinters Olympic silver medallists for Great Britain Olympic bronze medallists for Great Britain Athletes (track and field) at the 1952 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1956 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Great Britain Athletes from London Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics European Athletics Championships medalists Medalists at the 1956 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1952 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists in athletics (track and field) Olympic bronze medalists in athletics (track and field) Athletes (track and field) at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games gold medallists for England Olympic female sprinters Medallists at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games