June Foulds

June Florence Paul, née Foulds, (13 June 1934 – 6 November 2020) was a British track and field sprint runner.

Early life

Born June Florence Foulds in Shepherd's Bush in 1934, she was brought up by her grandparents.

She originated from East Acton. She lived at 80 Fitzneal Street. She attended Burlington Grammar School on Wood Lane. She left school in 1951 aged 17.

Personal life She married British Olympic fencer Raymond Paul. Their son Steven Paul also became an Olympic fencer Her third husband was Eric Reynolds, divorcing after two years.

She appeared as a castaway on the BBC Radio programme Desert Island Discs on 17 November 1958.

Foulds died at the age of 86. and successfully retained her title the following year at the 1951 WAAA Championships.

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.

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.